Wednesday, November 25, 2020

A welcoming embrace is two-sided

Morning: Psalm 119:145-176; Zechariah 12:1-10; Ephesians 1:3-14

Evening: Psalms 128, 129, 130; Obadiah 15-21; Luke 19:1-10

The garden of my childhood home had a sycamore tree, with enormous leaves, smooth bark and easy-to-climb branches. I loved the view from up there. When I learned the Zacchaeus song (‘he climbed up into a sycamore tree’), I could relate. Then, when Jesus called Zacchaeus down and invited himself for tea, I felt good. Jesus welcomed and embraced everyone, whatever their life was like. Jesus’s welcome changed Zacchaeus’s life. It changed my life too ... every time I chose to welcome Jesus in return. When someone loves you, you usually love them back. And love changes everything.

 

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