Evening: Psalm 78:40-72; Mark 9:42-50
Jesus’
radical ‘remedies’ for wrongdoing – cutting away the offending hand,
foot or eye!! – are shockingly unappealing and surely to be taken
metaphorically. But Jesus does call us to take dramatic action to
address our ‘stumbling’. His is a ‘holy calling’, ‘not (to) a spirit of
cowardice, but of power, love and self-discipline.’ God entrusts us all
with good treasure, and the Spirit wants to help us guard it. But we
must remove the barriers we ourselves create that keep us from seeing
and hearing God.
Graham
Graham Bland
Rector
St. George’s Anglican Church
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