Here is final paragraph from my sermon on Sunday. It was a soft sermon. That is being kind. Although, I knew it was. I knew I wasn't getting into the text as much as I could have and I made peace with that...I told my stories about children and setting expectations...I got my laughs and had some fun. Fun. Huh, fun, with Luke's version of John the Baptist...well, never thought I'd write that sentence.
But, considering I was having a delightful text study in Chicago at 3:30pm...I did pretty well.
But, considering I was having a delightful text study in Chicago at 3:30pm...I did pretty well.
"So what then should we do?
We wait. We wait in hope. We wait in Joy. We return again and again to the expectations God lays out for us. We wait for the day when it will all be second nature…loving our neighbor, kindness, forgiveness, joy, gratitude…when all our responses to the gift of God in the flesh, come as easy as breathing. We wait for Jesus to come again. We wait..opening the gift God gave us in Christ, one layer of grace and expectation at a time."
What I wish I could have put together is here. Hang with her past the horror movie stuff...because the last 6 paragraphs are worth it.
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