In light of the three parables of the lost sheep, coin, and son in Luke 15, this week's message is about the thing that makes God celebrate: sinful people repenting and seeking him.
But to many outside the Church the theme of God's love is sometimes perceived as a vague, sappy idea disconnected from real experience. For some, the concept of God's concern for individual people is just altogether hard to believe.
Why is this? What makes this hard to accept? And how do we communicate to people the real solidness and vigor of the love of God and the difference it makes in everyday life?
MM
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Upon mention of the release of some servicemen in Sun.'s sermon, I was immediately reminded of Betancourt's release from years of captivity in the jungle. When asked what kept her goimg, she said her faith and the replaying of the hope that she would be reunited with her children. She would play it like a movie clip over and over to sustain herself. When reunited with her children, she said it was far better than her mind could have even imagined it would be. And isn't that like the joy of getting to know the Lord better? It's always "beyond description."
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