We will, day-in day-out, feel hungrier for something other than God in our lives, at times. We'll never fully depend on Him and Him Alone! So many signposts tell us we are off the tracks. Do we listen? Or do we rationalize? Someone close to me said this week that going to church doesn't make you a Christian and that's oh so true. Since the pandemic hit, there are so many, many Christians who have not returned to church. The context of the conversation was about my father who never darkened the door of a church in his lifetime. If you don't want Jesus here on earth, do you want him in the afterlife? My dad had a strong sense of morality from what I saw. Does your morality save you? No, but where did that morality come from? 10 Commandments draw us up and that makes us want to worship.
Moses writes the 10 Commandments not to make us feel guilty about the do's and don'ts. God gives us This Word to free us up, to "liberate us from looking bad in the presence of love... . Let the weight of My Holiness draw you into the delights of my love." 66 Love Letters
PHOTO: Austin, the city where I ended up---14 years here to this day. Born in New Orleans at 3120 Palmyra Street in Sacred Heart Parish. Spent 3 years in Houston at Texas Commerce Bank and First Baptist Church staff. 33 years in Fort Worth at Southwestern Seminary and Hope Community Church.
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