Scripture: Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for the Lord is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Thought for the Day: When I was an RA in the college dorm, I had a rather shy freshman tell me how he had come to college to make a friend or two. This seemed like quite a journey to make in search of friends. In fact, he had moved almost a 1,000 miles to come to college. It reminds me of the sign hanging on the boss’s desk at a grain elevator where I worked. It read: “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.”
In the passage from Luke’s Gospel, Jesus offered a way of making friends wherever you go. His approach was to be proactive with love and kindness, not waiting for someone to act in a way that was worthy of friendship. At Cypress Creek Christian Church, we have cast the vision of putting love first in all things. We do this in response to a God who has and continues to act preemptively.
Prayer: Teach me to act as you have acted, O Lord. Let me reach out, not because someone has finally met the threshold of worthiness, but because every human being is deserving of love and kindness. Amen.
TODAY
SUNDAY
Palm Sunday
(Family Worship)
A Rooted Pilgrimage
