5th Sunday of Lent – March, 2016
Isaiah 43:16-21 ~ “In the desert I make a way,… for I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink, the people whom I formed for myself, that they might announce my praise.”
Psalm 126 ~ The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy
Philippians 3:8-14 ~ Brothers and sisters: I consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and Beloved. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him…
John 8:1-11 ~ Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
If anyone threw a stone in their arrogance, Jesus would protect her.
There is a growing time bomb beneath the soul of human kind.
The last century has been an accumulation of nuclear and hydrogen bombs and weapons. Polarization just like the scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ time is taking place. Jesus was the scapegoat then, now it is the nasty opinions and anger. Automatic weapons and a plethora of guns keep stockpiling.
This is just like the Israelite community after “escaping” Egypt with Moses and Aaron.
No water.
No food.
A desert.
Grumble…Grumble…Grumble
God is bringing us Home forever.
We complain about the transport!!
We in the United States are
Blessed for no other reason:
IN GOD WE TRUST
Not everyone has to agree with us.
We can still love those with differing opinions…pray for them.
We have unheard of freedoms,
Speech
Religion
Rights
Food (freedom from hunger)
Wealth and safe water
Even crumbling infrastructure that still works
Ability to travel anywhere in the world safely
Citizenship and
Immigrants from every country in the world
The rest of the world is jealous… Can we blame them?
We can wake up in the morning and choose to walk with Jesus,
The creator of the world…
Of what could we be afraid?
Though you are homeless
Though you’re alone
I will bring you home
Home to your own place
In a beautiful land
I will bring you home
I will be your home
I will be your home
In this feared and fallen world,
I will be you home.
Whatever’s the matter
Whatever’s been done,
I will be your home…
(Song composed by Michael Card)
For all that happened to the poor woman dragged in front of Jesus,
She gets alone time with Jesus…
Are we jealous of her?
Such intimacy
Such love
Such mercy
She is my nomination for the Supreme Court justice…
Very, very liberal in Mercy!
O to Good News!!!
Put out into the deep and trust Jesus!
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