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PASTOR JEFF'S PONDERINGS

Who Woulda Guessed?!

3/21/2014

 
Take a minute and watch this short video (even if you've seen it before, you'll enjoy watching it a second time).
What is it that makes this such an uplifting, joyful thing to watch?  For me, it's the fact that seemingly different people found that they had things in common and could learn from one another.  Although they may never meet again, their lives were enriched from the few minutes they spent sitting in a ball pit.

When you come to church do you just interact with your family and those with whom you already have a relationship? We often make the mistake of assuming that people different from us (different age, race, life circumstances, etc.) would have no interest in us and nothing that we could gain from their friendship.  That couldn't be further from the truth!


One of the amazing things Jesus did through his life, death and resurrection was to unite people who normally wouldn't even consider hanging out together.  Think about the make-up of his followers. They included: 
  • Former demon possessed people 
  • Tax collectors 
  • Doctors 
  • Fishermen 
  • Political radicals called "Zealots" 
  • "Sons of Thunder!" 
  • Doubters like Thomas 
  • Former prostitutes 
  • Easily frightened people like Timothy who came from a mixed marriage home. 
  • Gentiles, Jews, Samaritans, male and females, old and young, educated and not so educated, extroverts and introverts, rich and poor, and you and me. 


Join us this Sunday, March 23rd, as we look at one of the things Jesus said from the cross that speaks directly to our relationships with each other.  It could change the way we "do church".
Carole
3/21/2014 01:04:52 pm

I had never heard of the "ball pit sit together" or seen the video before, but LOVED the idea of it and outcome! We need one in Winthrop or Twisp! thanks for all the videos you post, Jeff. They are all "food for thought and the soul"!


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