The Good Portion

Our pastor recently preached his Sunday morning sermon from the book of Judges. Judges is a painful read. It hurts to see such evil recorded so plainly. It makes me wonder what on earth it’s all for. Why did God let people become sinners? Why did He not just wipe out sin right there in the Garden of Eden and start over fresh? I think this is exactly the question God want’s us to ask. Of course the answer is long, eons long. God’s plan is older than time and too great for our pea-brains to comprehend. But He gave us His Word and planted eternity in our hearts so that we can spend our forevers knowing Him better. The Apostle Paul put it this way: To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the ...

These are challenging times for all God's image bearers, are they not? And for those of us who belong to Christ it feels like we are being forced to hide His light under a bushel. But we still have forms of communication left to us, and it's never been more important that we use them for the sake of Christ's kingdom. "We are not our own. We were bought with a price. Now we are called to glorify Christ in every aspect of our lives. That includes our time alone, and our time with others. It also includes our social media presence, which for many of us is now one of the only places where the light of Christ in us can shine.  So let's be circumspect in what we communicate and in how we communicate it, so that what we share (and how we comment) reflects the character of Jesus Christ as demonstrated by the fruits of His Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (I suggest writing those words on a post-it a...