Life and Love in the time of COVID
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· 5 viewsOur lives have been disrupted in unprecedented ways, and our future is unknown. As we reflect on the year that has been and look forward to the year ahead, the apostle Paul casts a vision of life that is not determined by our circumstances, but abounds in determination to live a life of love.
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Uncertain world - culture of fear and blame
Uncertain world - culture of fear and blame
#NZHellHole
#NZHellHole
1. If only I had me some that good ol' US freedom and wasn't stuck in this #NZHellhole
2. Awful day here in the #NZHellhole. The Nelson Market was cancelled so had to get fresh-baked bread and organic sausages from the Farmers’ Market instead. Off for a stroll in native bush this afternoon and maybe go to a movie. O the tyranny of this jackbooted regime.
3. This man tried to swim to freedom from our island gulag. The authorities caught him and plunged him alive in molten bronze. His body is displayed as a warning to others. #NZHellhole
4. Mother and child climbing the mountains heading towards the border with Australia in a bid to escape #nzhellhole
How do we know what to do, how to be?
How do we know what to do, how to be?
Paul’s vision of steadfast love
Paul’s vision of steadfast love
Three touchstones:
Steadfast love.
Overflowing and extravagant love.
Humble love
These three touchstones form a moral vision for our future together, as borthers and sisters in Christ. Sharing in a love that fills us, and overflows us - not just for us and those who are “in”, but making room in humility and generosity of spirit for htose who are “out”
Our resources are stretched - God’s love is infinite.
What does good stewardship look like?
Tension between maintaining what you have, and reaching for something more.