It is a beautiful clear, cool fall morning. My schedule is flexible today, with writing and preparation on tap. My favorite Greenway was reopened yesterday, having been closed 3 years for the construction of the hwy 60-hwy 65 interchange, and I will get on it this morning for perhaps a 10 mile trek. Last night I went for a walk around 8:00 and the night was still, with the stars sparkling and the quarter moon low in the west. Monday I head out early for Dallas, a long-anticipated trip for training of BOM chairs, registrars and staff from all states.
II Cor 5 (from today’s Upper Room) What a rich chapter! The first 10 verses address the concepts related to “the earthly tent which is our house” and the preference to “be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.” (Verse 8) With Paul, it is my ambition to be pleasing to the Lord, whether here in this earthly tent or in His presence in glory. I am reminded that “each one [will] be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” (Verse 10) Verses 11-19 describe life when “the love of Christ controls us” (verse14) when the old things are passed away, all things have become new and the one who is in Christ is a new creation (verse 17). Thus, being reconciled to God through Christ, “he has committed to us the word of reconciliation” (19) and we become his ambassadors of reconciliation.
The last verse leaves much to meditate upon: “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Today Bruce Baxter is becoming the righteousness of God in Christ, living in Springfield Missouri, married to Audrey Holmgren, father of David and Bethany, pastoring Wesley United Methodist Church and chairing the Missouri Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!
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