June 28, 2012
Citizenship
This year there seems to be a multitude of crises, both in my personal
family as well as in the church family. This is one of those seasons in life
where there are so many situations going on that I can’t even prioritize which
one deserves more of my attention. I can easily start beating myself up over my
earthly responsibilities, but thankfully Paul puts things in the proper perspective
when he says, “But our citizenship is in
heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his
control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious
body.” (Phil 3:20 NIV)
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Gail;
-----That transformation of our bodies is the great hope which gives us the emotional strength to persevere in the face of any situation. No horror is horrible enough to top the greatness of being received into the fullness of perfection. As crises stack upon more crises our emotions must go there. Yet our minds better well stay at home. Every crises is a call to you for response. Some crises you can effect, others you must accept because you will have no effect. So you need the presence of mind to know which response is appropriate. Moreover and more important, those crises which you can effect require the most careful of actions. Fixing a broken situation takes much more understanding and insight than does maintaining an unbroken one. A mind gone off to dwell in a different set of circumstances looses its awareness of the circumstances needing effected. A mind must circulate through the circumstances it must work to fix. It is hard to work while we wait, but life only gets harder when we wait while we should be working.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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