25th September 2022 Year C – Pentecost 16 “You Can’t Take it with You”
What to do with a car door!
ALL AGE MESSAGE
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What to do with a car door!
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We would all like to be the Good Samaritan in this story.
But to be honest we sometimes are more like the priest, or Levite and even the bandits.
Maybe we are even the man lying in the ditch, beaten and bruised and calling out for help.
Jesus – the God of love, draws near and binds the wounds in humility and gives hope.
John was God’s bulldozer! He prepared a road in the wilderness.
God chooses unlikely people in unlikely places to bring about his purposes.
‘Deserts’ for many people are very different places – places with guilt, disappointment, loss.
The way out of deserts is repentance then forgiveness, to bring about Grace and Peace.
Peter prays over Tabitha and she is given new life and raised up.
Resurrection is a call to rise, get up, stand up tall, and come out.
Resurrection is to be called from all that inhibits us, being raised to new heights.
Called to embrace ‘our story’, so we can be raised to a greater and more profound reality.
Hope is something people are looking for at this time.
Nelson Mandela said, “May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears.” What we hope for is defined and achievable.
Life is what happens to us all while we are making other plans. Life is also a gift from God. We have to be open to the voice of a stranger and practice paying attention