Been away at Spring Harvest. Quite enjoyed ourselves too.
While away, I read this verse in Luke's Gospel:
Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.
(Luke 15:1 NLT)
Now I know this is not true of my ministry, and I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing it's not true of many other ministries either.
This is not a criticism, it's just an observation. I mean, wouldn't it be really great if people who needed Jesus actually came to listen to us talk about him? But they don't. Perhaps we just don't have the same draw that Jesus had. Perhaps they don't think we want them to come into our nice tidy world, a world where they fear judgement rather than expect acceptance.
Perhaps.
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