If ever there was a "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore" like moment, this is it. Yes, we who went through President Kennedy's assassination, the murder of MLK, of Bobby Kennedy, the riots of 1968, OPEC oil shutoffs....
Wait a minute.
We made it through that. Yes we did. And we made it through 9/11, the 23 Gulf Wars that followed, and the last three elections. And we will make it through this.
We were completely overwhelmed — beyond our strength — so that we even despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and He will deliver us. We have put our hope in Him that He will deliver us again (2 Cor 1:8-10)
I've been reading lately a great deal about the beginning and spread of the early church. If any pastor thinks he or she has had to make a giant shift in the way we do ministry, I challenge you to look back at the shift from Torah, temple, sacrificial offerings and the like to One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism over a weekend.
Resurrection happened and all LOVE was let loose.
That's our opportunity today. Can we, in our approved social distancing bunker lives now realize that we've been given the chance to spread the love of Jesus to more people via the internet and our watch parties or invitations to our friends to watch than ever. EVER.
So given we ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS, how can we LOVE MORE?
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