Read the Epistle for tomorrow just now Paul's letter to the Thessalonians:
1Thessalonians 3:9-13
Here are some preliminary thoughts if I were going to try and preach on it.
Wouldn't you love to get a letter like that to you or to your parish? Such love and caring! What a warm fuzzy. :) Longing to see the community, wanting to finish the teaching that was begun and fill in any gaps. Asking that the Lord increase them and that they would abound in love.
It sounds like a wonderful picture of Christian community.
What would it look like if we were thanking God for the joy we have in new Christians we've taught and for a Christian community? What would it look like to pray earnestly day and night to see them again? It also seems to assume that they would increase and do likewise. How good are we at following this example Paul has set for us? Where do we fall short? What step might we take in Advent to live into this example?
1 comment:
now that's delightful - and it is a loving letter isn't it? I love it when someone prays over me that way!
Keep on keepin' on -
Deb
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