The ides of July have passed, and all is good in Suffolk. Steamy Sunday morning with a rousing worship and fellowship time. Even with the horrendous thunderstorms lately and the generally yucky conditions we were glad to welcome back some who had been away for a couple weeks. We were also thankful to have a fabulous guest organist for the last two weeks while Roger has been away: she is good but it will be nice to have Roger back next week. In all, we continue to explore our place in our community in our 375th year.
In worship today we heard many familiar stories, some of which can be misunderstood. Not because the stories are poorly related, rather because what we’ve been told about the lessons may not actually be what is the message. We heard Paul talk about there being no condemnation for those in Christ, condemnation may come from failing to live a life of faith in the face of our fears and the world. We also heard Matthew related Jesus’ parable of the sower. The, apparently bad farmer, sows seed all over the place. But notice, Matthew nor Jesus makes a qualitative statement about the sower – just that he did his job sowing God’s message. How are we encouraged to do our work of sowing the message of redemption and letting God do God’s work of making the word grow?
I invite your comments,
Les+
Readings: Genesis 25:19-34; Psalm 119:105-112; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
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