Sunday reflections...a bit of normalcy...sermon post


Not trying to promote one coffee shop or another or sponsored in any way by this one but this is just a shot of a little bit of more normalcy coming back into my life.  So small but is so big to have a time to be with some guys early in the morning around a "cup of joe."  Granted we will be outside the establishment at a picnic table in the brisk air of Maine but none the less, we will start our work week catching up on each others lives and telling our favorite stories from the weekend.  The whole idea seems small.  A small group, a small event, and a small preparation routine (setting the alarm the night before so I don't miss it) seen on the outside but in the life of a church, this type of fellowship among God's family is huge!  

 Maybe this is one of the lessons learned from COVID-19.  The fellowship of the body of Christ is something to be cherished.  It is not only something to be cherished but a tool that God gave us to show His love to one another and the world.  As a Christian, the local church is essential to your spiritual growth to be more Christ-like.  Interactions with "the saints" ranks up there with your daily prayer and Bible reading.  Let us not take for granted our opportunities to gather together because we now see it can be disrupted for a time and it does effect us in some way.  

 We are on the way to the cross with Jesus in the Gospel of Luke and Sunday's sermon put us on the road between the judgment seat of Pilate and the hill called Golgotha.  Jesus never stops ministering.  Up all night, beaten and flogged, mocked and spit upon and He still is preaching and teaching and warning while completing the task of carrying His own cross.  I get tired sometimes and think about just slacking off for a bit and making some pretty good excuses for doing so and then I look at Jesus.  He doesn't make excuses but uses the few hundred yards to reach out to a few more people.  

 Adam
A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 38th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

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