"Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." John 20:21
Jesus had a mission, and we are given one as well, to sow seeds of peace and hope and love wherever we go. It would be so simple if we just lived that mission out, unfortunately we so often do not. Too often we are more like Jonah than Jesus, going through life with our preconceived notions of who God loves and how God loves and those notions are so close to our own whos and hows. Like Jonah we tend to show more anger over the things that matter little as opposed to the people who matter much, That is not how Jesus taught us to live, and it is not congruent with the mission that Jesus gave us.
Jesus was sent "from heaven to earth to show the way" and we tend to make our own way instead. We go through life expecting God to show up where and when and how we want, as opposed to looking for where God is already at work and joining God in that place and in that manner. We stand at the beginning of a new year, may our prayer be that this year we will love better and follow closer than we have in the past year.
+ What resolutions have you made to improve your walk with Jesus?
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