[amc] A note from the pastor
- From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:03:43 -0500
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I pray you are encouraged in your journey of faith.
Many actions operate in our surroundings that dishonor what God has intended
for the creation. Attitudes and relationships often do not reflect the love
and respect that God seems to have envisioned for life and community.
Boundaries divide and complicate communication between persons of diverse
culture and vision. Yet all of us, each one of the six billion human
creatures living on this planet, senses a hunger for fulfillment and
peace-the opportunity to live in security, freedom from malnourishment and
disease, and a promise of well-being for the future of our children. How do
we nurture this inner, 'wisdomed' perception of life? How do we avoid being
dislodged from this primal orientation for living out our days? How do we
appropriately manage the 'evil' influences that invade our environment and
divert us from our intended proceedings? Jesus invites us to save our lives
taking up a cross and following in his way. Paul understands this process
as overcoming evil with good. Both Jesus and Paul appear to have been
defeated by the power of evil. So what is going on; .how can we accommodate
this invitation and value its eternal significance? Perhaps we can
understand by recognizing how this process transforms us, not merely rescues
us. These thoughts will compose the sermon for this next Sunday,
'Unconquered."
May it go well with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
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