Reflections 10/5/2020: I totally hate to admit it, but my knee jerk reaction to this sign is embarrassment. Dang! Why is that? Hmmm… somehow seems so antiquated… and simplistic in our modern, complicated world. Am I the poster child for what You were talking about Jesus, with these words? “Whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in His glory.” Kinda feels that way… so help me explore that. I love You. Believe deeply in You. Have absolutely experienced Your heart-changing Presence in my life firsthand. And am sold out on helping others find You to transform their lives! So why this unwanted embarrassment? Some of it is just bad press over the years… even centuries. Some deserved, but a HUGE amount SO distorted that we, Your followers have been seen as “haters” instead of the lovers You called us to be. Centuries of serving the poor in costly, hands-on ways get swept under the rug as non-existent. Only the multitude of names still on hospitals and world-wide ministries that You inspired believers to start, defy this distorted press!

Or perhaps it is a Judas-thing… wanting You to do a revolution on a large political scale, then being disillusioned when You don’t jump through my hoop of expectation! Your idea of revolution is to change us, one heart at a time. And let those hearts add up to gradual, but radical social and political change… the only kind of change that truly transforms us from the inside out! You ARE our only hope in 2020! It’s just hard for people who haven’t encountered You firsthand, to even grasp how that makes sense!