Friday, March 27, 2009

Never Ashamed.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith...St. Paul, Romans 1: 16
 
"..not ashamed..", this is the challenge we face today in this culture loosing its way by the second. We should never be doomsday people as followers of Jesus, but we should be honest. It would be easy to get bent out of shape about the direction of our political leaders, our lack of virtue, our waining morals, and our lack of respect for human life, our economy. We can't freak out and go live in caves, we must do something. We must bring the power of God to our individual worlds we walk in. No matter how weak or inadequate we feel to do so. What did Paul say was the power of God? The Gospel. The good news of Jesus is still the most powerful thing on this earth or in heaven! It is the power of God for salvation! What is the good news? God is crazy- mad in love with every single last one of us, and He wants us to know this so that it changes us forever! The cross is our good news! The empty tomb is our good news! The life of our Lord is the good news! The way He forgives is our good news! The way, and the what, He taught the disciples is the good news! The way He ate with sinners is the good news! The way He cared for His mother on the cross is the good news! The way He appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus is the good news! Giving us His Body and Blood as our Spiritual Food and Drink for the journey is THE GOOD NEWS!  If we want to help God change the world, let's learn from St. Paul who was never ashamed to bring it.  Lord have mercy!
 
wkm
Oxford MS! 
 
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