Credo 8-21
I am
sorry that I have become sidetracked on my entries. Between eye exams and
caring for our granddaughter, I have been busy and distracted. So here is
another Coffin excerpt from his book. “Love measures our stature: the more we
love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that
of a man all wrapped up in himself (pg. 24)”.
In this
time of political upheaval, I look at those who seemed more concerned about
others than about themselves. There are politicians that do care and show that
care in their discourse and their actions. This also can apply to pastors and
churches. As I read the gospels, Jesus came to us so that we could become his messengers
of love to all the world. Read the great commission in Matthew or his final discourse
to the disciples in John. By the love you show, they will know me. The good
news, the gospel, is love. If we are to live our lives faithfully, convey hope
to a hopeless world, let us live with love not the rhetoric of hate and
separation. Choose not the name calling and judgmental acts of people and
institutions, but instead choose love.
Tomorrow,
I will be moving onto the chapter of social justice and civil liberties. Until than
love without judgment, hope for no other reason than Jesus, and have faith that
moves mountains if not people.
Shalom
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