Calvary ​United Methodist 

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Musings from a Minister’s Mind

Some really random thoughts today:

                     

         What stops us from hoping for completeness?

         Why do we limit ourselves?

 

The Prayer of Jabez, found in 1 Chronicles 4:9–10,

pushes us to consider beyond those limits:

“Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I bore him in pain.’ And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, ‘Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!’ So God granted him what he requested.

            God works so hard to help us see that our completeness (or true peace) comes from being reconciled in relationship with the Most Holy. Isn’t the reason that God sent Jesus to the world was to enlarge our territory of knowledge, work to the betterment of all, protect us from fear of change, and make us into something new, something that is all love?
                                                                                              Hmmm…just pondering today,

                                                                                                                                   Pastor Laurie