The sermon will struggle with the idea that Jesus had that it doesn't get any better than it is in light of the fact that, when he is supposed to have said it, it couldn't have been any worse. His people were captive to the Romans. He received opposition from his own faith tradition and there was poverty and disease and generally a very difficult existence for all but the rich.
He told his people in his sermon at his home synagogue that the scriptures were fulfilled.
I think he was right but you'd have dig a little to be able to agree.
Life brought light and darkness. For Jesus faith could help us face and embrace the darkness of the soul when we were experiencing the absence of God
Life brought an ebb and flow. For Jesus hope was the antidote to the difficult happenings in our world. Hope reminded us there will be another day and the sun will shine again.
Life bought a sense of the lost and found. For Jesus there was always the possibility that the lost could be found. Love was the force that enabled people estranged from each other to find each other once more.
Faith, hope, and love are factors in our lives reminding us that however life short changes us, whatever happens to us in a way that is destructive and painful life is, ultimately, good. In fact if we have faith, hope, and love that is the best it can be.
What do you think? Is life hard to take sometimes? Is the solution faith hope and love? I think so.
If you have thoughts on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have others read your thoughts click on the "comments" box below. If you want a copy of the sermon as it is on Friday evening as a rough draft click on my email and I am happy to send it to you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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