“What is your motivation, Paul?
Love. Without condition, reason or rhyme. Love is my motivation.
And are you laughed at? Are you told love is not enough? Are you told we must have rules? Are you told that I demand you are “saved” … that you should “believe” in me as in the bible … that you must pray and go to church and tithe and volunteer … that if you really love me you will do all these things because that is “love in action” … that love is a verb … that love is an obligation and a way of repaying your debt … that you only “love” because you are saved … and because you are saved that I love you … ?”
.Sitting at the cross. Staying awhile.
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“Yesterday a thought of change – that all my teaching about the cross is wrong. Change language.”
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As usual I have no idea where this is going. Yet that is “living by faith” I think. Having no idea where I am going – and yet going anyway.
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“Jesus was talking to a people who wailed … “Because I might get bored!” … as he rewrote their religion. Change was their issue.
Change is our issue.”
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Want to tag along and see where he leads?
Thank you –
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Paul
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Wailed our small grandson, explaining his reason for not wishing to attend his new “nursery” later that day. We chose to pass on a debate about the concept, processes, and remedies for “boredom”. We knew he was tired, unfamiliar with going somewhere three times a week whether he wants to or not, and that once he is there he barely remembers to say goodbye as mum, or we, leave him. Boredom was not the issue. Change is.
“Jesus looked up at his disciples and said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. ‘Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. ‘Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ‘ Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice on that…
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