Some of the thunder rolled on and on. It has been raining for a while. Lightening illuminates the trees outside my office window.
It's rain we needed but we don't want the storm to get out of hand.
Tomorrow I'm preaching on a line from the Collect and something Jesus says.
The Collect goes like this: "Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts...."
So, if the prayer is answered we will Trust in only God.
Then Jesus says one of his most disturbing sayings. "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple."
Wow! We must trust and when we do we must hate all we love--even our life itself....
I don't try to explain any of that. I just tell the congregation that they must seek to be "Jesus People"--to do as he did. Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger and worship the Lord.
They do all that--donating food and clothing, working in the soup kitchen, have concerts and invite strangers and attend Eucharist.
They truly are--this tiny little church--"Jesus People".
Thank God for them....
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