Friday's thoughts

"When Life is a Fire Drill"

There are three things I would like to say this Sunday in the worship service and in the sermon:
1. Life is a fire drill; to live is to be in crisis. There is no aspect of life; no stage in life that doesn't have its own trauma. When we wake up in the morning there is a crisis and we are called upon to face it and deal with it.
2. We have been given authority to deal with the crisis points of our lives. There is nothing we will face that we cannot handle.
3. We are never alone as we face the hard times; there are others who have gone before us whose memory inspires us; there are friends who will stay with us and give us support; and there is God who is most evident to us when things are difficult. We remember the words quoted in the Gospel of Matthew as Jesus sent them out. He said, " Be assured, I am with you, even to the end of time."

What crisis are you facing and how have you come to face it?
What sense of authority do you have that allows you to know you can face it?
How is it you realize you are not alone?

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Charles Schuster