LOOK AT THESE WOMEN

What are they doing?

Simply gathering water at the well?



Indulge me for a brief moment and imagine yourself right there among them.



Quiet. Listen... do you hear them?

Do you hear the laughter from those women headed off to the left?

I wonder what happened that was so amusing.



What about the group on the top right... they're gathered together,

most likely praying, encouraging, comforting one another.



Those around the well, do you think the older ones are giving the younger ones advice?

Training them, showing the the way?



Do you think these women look forward to their daily journeys to the well?

The journey where they will see other women, their friends.

The journey during which they share their daily burdens and triumphs.



What if you had a place to go like that?

A place away from the world that sneers at you, laughs at you, keeps you down.

A place to laugh.

A place to encourage and be encouraged.

A place to comfort and be comforted.

A place to share your wisdom and gain from anothers.

A place to teach and a place to learn.

A place to spend time at your Saviors feet.

A place to start your week off right.

A place.... like the well.



Does that sound like a journey you would like to take?

If so, join us on a journey to the well.









RADICAL

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Can I trust you?

Sunday Sermon Spotlight

I thought it would be fun to begin recording one thing from our Sunday Sermon that really gave us pause, caused us to think, convicted us, something we found worth sharing.  Surely there's something each Sunday that God speaks to us.

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."


Our sermon was of course on LOVE.  But what grabbed my attention was at the end.  Our Pastor asked if we ever felt God saying to us, "Go share with Bobby" or "Invite Susie to church" or "Tell Timmy about my Son."  After all we are commanded to spread the Gospel.  It's one thing to ignore those little nudges from God, but if we're not hearing them at all, then perhaps God doesn't trust us with spreading the Gospel.  Are we trustworthy?  Are we obedient?  Can God use us?  Is God using you?

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