It was C.S.Lewis who said: "We need to be reminded more than instructed."
Spending a week in the Northwest Corner of North Carolina was a timely and timeless reminder of what is important: simply put, the furious longing of God for each and every one of us.
Until this truth gets into your heart, it remains information only. Once it gets into your heart, it results in transformation.
The Gospel lesson for this Sunday is Luke 15:1-10, where Jesus, in an act of deep self-differentiation, answers the grumbling complaint of the religious leaders: "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
He then shares the three parables of divine mercy, The Gospel within the Gospel that carries the central message of Jesus Christ.
Jesus defines what we so often forget and replace. God's intense, consuming love for his children is a love that knows no limits and no boundaries. A love that will go to any lengths, take any risks, to pursue us, to find us.
Jesus reveals in provocative and poignant stories the radical, no-holds-barred love of our heavenly Father.
It is on this Good News that my life, my ministry, my very being stands. I first learned it from my own earthly father's ministry and discovered it for my self.
Every now and then, it is so good to be reminded.
With you on the Journey,
Rob+
Thank you for the reminder.
STEW
Posted by: Stewart Cropper | 09/17/2010 at 01:25 PM