I'm trying. I really am trying - to stay away from church that is. When I went to the office Monday to pick up some things I left, Ron Sumter, the Sabbatical interim told me in uncertain terms, "I don't want to see you here this summer!" Certain things I couldn't not do, such as going to visit Lizzie Mae Taylor on the occasion of her 95th birthday. Betty told me at last count Lizzie Mae had 118 cards, one day before her birthday.
While out in the community the first day of the sabbatical , I asked a man using a walker if I could open the door for him. He allowed me to do so and responded, "Your mother raised a wonderful child." I thought that the man most likely says that to everyone who does something nice for him. That's not a bad thing at all. On a deeper level, I can hear the man's words as an affirmation from God. God affirmed many times in scripture, and not just to Jesus, "You're a wonderful child, my blessed creation. You are precious in my sight." We too often make our relationship with God so complicated and get caught up in trvialities. We lose sight of the fact that our faith begins with God's overwhelming love for us! That's a simple and appropriate place to begin the Fruitful Journey: "Your mother raised a wonderful child."
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