Scripture: Matthew 9:16
“No one sews a piece of new, unshrunk cloth on old clothes because the patch tears away the cloth and makes a worse tear.
Thought for the Day: Side Note: This is the first verse from the passage I will use tomorrow in worship.
Recently my wife pulled out a pair of socks to throw away. They were clearly worn out – big holes. I jokingly said, “Aren’t you going to darn the socks.” She smiled and continued on her way to the trash. To darn a sock is language we no longer hear very often…at least most of us. In fact, there might be someone reading this who does not know the word I heard my grandmother say a thousand times. We live in a time when most everything is disposable, and we definitely do not think of grabbing some thread and a needle to mend an old sock. Jesus was using the metaphor of an old piece of cloth being attached to a new piece of cloth. And though I believe Jesus would be all over the idea of salvaging the old, in the case of his metaphor, I believe he would discourage the darning of a sock. It was a fresh and amazing gift coming into the world, and it deserved the very best.
Prayer: As you, Gracious God, continue to provide your fresh and life-giving message into my life, my I not cram it into my old self. Let me be born anew for the sake of this gift. Amen.
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12:15 & 6:45PM
