7-25-10 Sunday, 6:18 am Grayrock Dr.; 70 degrees, partly cloudy.
This morning Audrey will deliver the sermon, a message she has been discerning for several months about Moses and Missions. This will be my fourth Sunday in a row not to preach. I will lead in other ways throughout the services, including baptizing a baby at 11:00.
Rom 9:1-24
The writer Paul continues his logic about God’s calling. He states that he would be cut off from Christ if this would draw his fellow Jews to Christ. But he realizes this is not the answer. He describes Jacob and Esau in the womb, and God’s revelation to their mother Rebekah that the older son would serve the younger son. He then asks if God is being unfair, and affirms that it is God who decides to show mercy and we can neither choose it nor work for it.
Psalm 19 – a beautiful song that praises the beauty and effectiveness of God’s word.
“The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold.” (9b-10).
Today Lord I go among your people gathering to worship with the faith community called Wesley United Methodist Church. I have been apart from them for three weeks. Thank you for your calling upon my life, your mercy in my life, and your power demonstrated when your people gather to praise you and hear your word. May this be a day of new beginnings.
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