This Week

"Do not be dismayed by the brokenness in the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally.  The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you." - L. R. Knost

It seems that the world is just falling apart and many people are in despair. They are worried about their futures, about their families, about their jobs. They are worried about their communities and their nation.

We need to be in tune with the worries of our neighbors. We need to walk with them in their despair and concern. We need to pray for them and walk with them. We need to take their concerns seriously and find ways to ease their concerns if possible.

What we really need to do is to bring the light of Christ into the world. We need to bring the truth and love of Christ into the world. We need to tend to the injuries of our neighbors, we need to heal their wounds, we need to lift the burdens off of their shoulders and let them know that there is hope in the world and there is LIGHT in the world. 

We will continue to support our neighbors in their struggles and we will continue to hear the call of Christ for us and continue to do his work in our communities. We have the light of Christ inside of us and we will bring that light into the world. Thanks be to God.

Pastor Jim

[Jesus said:] 27 “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”