greetings!
my thoughts today have focused on the KINGDOM OF GOD...
during a couple of breaks today between patient visits, i was reading from luke's gospel -- both times the words that jumped out were about the KINGDOM...
luke 17.21: "for, in fact, the KINGDOM OF GOD is among you!"
luke 13.18-19: "what is the KINGDOM OF GOD like? and to what should i compare it? it is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches..."
three thoughts...
1. the mustard seed is one of the smallest of all seeds -- the genesis of the KINGDOM OF GOD must be in very small acts [or according to mother teresa: "small things done with great love will change the world!"]...
2. the KINGDOM is both NOW and FUTURE -- the KINGDOM will be fully consummated in the future, but it is already "planted" in the soil of our present age [and in our sphere of relational influence]...
3. the KINGDOM OF GOD is good news for those in need [just like the birds were thrilled with the branches, so people are blessed by the "shelter" of the growing KINGDOM]...
tomorrow, i will tell you a KINGDOM story about mr williams...
shalom...
guy
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