Dear Church:
Who are you? Do you even know?
Who brings you into being?
Who gives you life?
Who draws you to himself?
Who comforts you in your pain?
Who lights your darkness and lightens your burden?
Who gives rest to the weary and restores the broken?
Who speaks judgment on the oppressors and justice for the oppressed?
Who grants mercy to the penitent?
Who brings peace in the midst of struggle?
Who leads the blind and heals the lame?
Who warns those who are idle and encourages the timid?
Who helps the weak?
Who leads the fearful?
Who touches the unloved?
Who displays the truth and disputes deceit?
Who brings you to this place?
Who gives you cause to be thankful and reason to be joyful?
Who will take you home?
Dear Church:
Who is this person? Do you even know?
He died to restore you. He rose in God’s mighty power.
In the same way, you also are called to die. God will take care of the rest. You must die.
“I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” John 12:24.
Teach us, Lord – we need you.
good challenging thoughts, good to hear from you brother.
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