6/18/2023 0 Comments Crumb snatcherBy the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, we have access to God and we are all welcome to come and join the party. The God we serve, has promised us that we will never go hungry or thirsty. The God we serve, wants all people to be saved and come into the knowledge of truth. The God we serve, is no respecter of persons. If you ever felt like you have been locked out, kicked out, thrown out, or knocked out, I got some good news for you! The God we serve, will pick you up, turn you around, and place your feet on solid ground. This is a place where everybody’s having a good time. Children having to go to dysfuncting schools where the powers that be seem not to care, are left out of the party.īut I came to remind somebody, that God has a party! God’s giving a big banquet and we are all invited. People trapped in a neighborhood overrun by crime, filth, and decay are left out of the party. The people who are tuck neatly away in a nursing home and the family and church members have thrown away the key to their hearts are left out of the party. The senior citizen who has to decide whether to fill their prescriptions or pay the light bill this month are left out of the party. Men who have their manhood snatch away by governmental institutions, which are supposed to be in the business of rehabilitating people for society, are left out of the party. Abuse women with no place to go and nowhere to turn are left out of the party. Children whose faces we don’t see or neglect to see who go hungry night after night, are left out of the party. In a country drunk off the wine of the “greatest prosperity since WWII, don’t you know that there are still a lot of people who are left out of the party? Single mothers who are trying and struggling to make ends meet, working two and sometimes three jobs, leaving them without the quality time to spend with their children, are left out of the party. Maybe it’s then that we are left out of the party. Maybe we don’t live in the right neighborhood or subdivision. Maybe we don’t attend the right social functions or in the right club. Maybe we don’t have the education or the wherewith all to get a RSVP invitation. Maybe it’s because we don’t have the certain status or job, or know the right people. We are not in the “in crowd”, not on the A list. However, sometimes we are not invited the party. We want to be a part of the happenings and going ons. We don’t like to be on the outside looking in. Even if we can’t make it, just the fact somebody call me and let me know, is good enough. We want people to call us and let us know what’s going on. Whether we want to admit it or not, we all want to be included. Mark 7:24-37 Friendship Baptist Church 9-10-00
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