December 2016
December 2016
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Good Stewards Know Patience Can
Buy Us A Ticket To Heaven
Suppose. Suppose you showed-up for a job interview.
Suppose the person interviewing you said the job paid poorly. Suppose
he went on to explain that if you took the job, many would hate you.
Suppose he said the job might result in you being beaten, jailed and
murdered. Suppose he put this cherry atop the sundae. The many who
would hate you would include your parents, siblings and friends. How
many seconds would it take for you to run like a rabbit in getting out of
there?
Who on God’s green earth would take that job? Well, here’s
the answer: Jesus’ first disciples. In the Gospel of St. Luke, here’s
what Jesus told the people who were following him two
thousand years ago. People will “seize” you. They will
“persecute” you. They will “hate” you. They will “jail” you.
They will “kill” some of you. And, the “they”
will include even your “parents, brothers,
relatives and friends.” Look it up. It’s in
Luke 21:12-19.
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