get this, God is happier about a wanderer returning than countless others continuing.
the question is, are you?
dear youth pastor - are you too busy coddling your churchy teens to even notice the one that needs love?
I know, I know - it's the churchy teens' parents that give so that you can have a job (they probably remind you with subtle hints)
dear big-house pastor - are you too busy patting legalistic rumps to even notice those who need grace?
I know, I know - it's those rumps that fill the pews or stackable rows of chairs and 'let' you keep patting them.
dear well-intentioned(?) critic - are you too busy whining and complaining about the faults in the Church to even notice those that need forgiveness?
I know, I know - it's all those faults that give you something to blog about and feel self-righteous about.
dear God - are we too self-indulgent to notice those who need Jesus?
I'm sorry.
"Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one? And if he finds it, doesn't he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put? Your Father in heaven feels the same way. He doesn't want to lose even one of these simple believers. "
the question is, are you?
dear youth pastor - are you too busy coddling your churchy teens to even notice the one that needs love?
I know, I know - it's the churchy teens' parents that give so that you can have a job (they probably remind you with subtle hints)
dear big-house pastor - are you too busy patting legalistic rumps to even notice those who need grace?
I know, I know - it's those rumps that fill the pews or stackable rows of chairs and 'let' you keep patting them.
dear well-intentioned(?) critic - are you too busy whining and complaining about the faults in the Church to even notice those that need forgiveness?
I know, I know - it's all those faults that give you something to blog about and feel self-righteous about.
dear God - are we too self-indulgent to notice those who need Jesus?
I'm sorry.
"Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one? And if he finds it, doesn't he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put? Your Father in heaven feels the same way. He doesn't want to lose even one of these simple believers. "
1 comment:
dear self and fellow sheep,
when will we start living lives overflowing with the good deeds spill carelessly out of our mouths. the shepherd said that he is the light of the world. then later he said we are the light of the world. which means we are as a whole the body of the shepherd when he is not present? we ARE his presence? hmm. then if we are the shepherd....
what was the shepherd like... holy, good, caring, active, brave, and only seeking gods approval. sounds a little like king david. sound a lot like the shepherd i want to be.
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