Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty
throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.Yesterday in the
complex we had a 50th anniversary party so it seemed too weird to be
coincidence for a reading today to be this chapter of th bible.
The fiftieth year of
Trust Housing is next month so we celebrated yesterday because the ‘high heid
yins’ want every complex to choose a different day. I suppose so that they
could get more cake and coffee.
Everyone had a great time singing along with the singers we booked
for entertainment along with all the goodies provided (no I was not stuffing my
face all afternoon!)
During a wee
refreshment break one of the singers mentioned that everybody seemed to get on
so well, apparently some other places do not have
the same feeling of being in tune with each other. We could all agree that we
are like a family, none of us related to another but with the kind of rapport
not often found in communities thrown together as we are.
Of course, there are
squabbles and falling out but usually, memories being what they are at our age
the sun brings another day and another chance to be family again.
There are one or two
that we don’t see much of for one reason or
another, but everyone was there to join in. Mind you I could not help but
remember a sentence I read a few weeks ago, ‘Children in a family are like
flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in the opposite
direction from the way the arranger desires.’
This is so true in
every sphere of life, just as much in God’s family as in any other. People fall
away from faith some others find faith while others may struggle to find their
place in the family.
God welcomes everyone
who reaches out to Him. Jesus died to make this possible and we are the ones
who should be the voice God can use to give the welcome. Of course, like our
earthly fathers, God does not like it when we squabble among ourselves. We were
made to be family, to give help and build each other up so that we can present
a united front when we meet opposition.
There is plenty of
hostility to us in the world today without us falling out with each other. Let
us dress in the Gospel armour and be prepared to meet the enemy.
Prayer
Almighty Father, we are
Your family, made worthy by the blood of Your beloved Son. We did not deserve
to be forgiven but You knew this, Jesus also knew so it was decided that He
would take our burdens to the cross. How could we ever have been able to pay
such a price? How can we repay? We cannot, so it is only right that we carry
out the tasks You put before us. Help us Lord God to be ready for the day, when
it comes, that we will need Your armour to protect us in the battle ahead.
Amen.
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