Where your heart clings, there is your God
August 12, 2018
A Life Changing Visit
Scattered seed awaitng its fate --
““Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams.
“Are you listening to this? Really listening?”” Mark 4 (The Message)
History, tradition, belief, and Spirit - Spirit matters.
A Modern Parable
I was waiting for a flight home. The plane was not at our gate, but one has to believe the departure board. The little puddle jumpers that come in from the various Mudvilles do turn around quickly. Often the gate wait is longer than the flight getting from the hub to home. The man sitting beside me said he was flying home although he hadn’t lived there for several years. I said I lived in a small town near our airport. He said, “I met the most amazing man last Sunday after church; please, can I tell you about him?” I said yes, he seemed in such need to talk about it. I find people’s stories amusing, to a point.
Gate companion began, “I play in a band at our church. This man came into our service as we were playing the pre-worship. I noticed he had a tee-shirt with the blue-marble earth photo all blended into it ...
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