“Does the Lord want us to be in good health, to have purpose in life and work, to have enough to eat and a safe place to live, to have people with whom we can share our life and to celebrate the blessing of God’s good gifts? Yes, of course, but they are not the primary thing - they are secondary; and there are lots of other things that come third, fourth, fifth…last place on the list.
What is primary is what Abraham learned, and what Jesus said when asked what was the most important thing: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength – and secondly, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Love, loyalty and trust – this is what God offers us, and it’s what God wants from us in return.
Let us pray. ‘O God, I know that if I do not love thee with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul and with all my strength, I shall love something else with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. Grant that putting thee first in all my loving I may be liberated from all lesser loves and loyalties, and have thee as my first love, my chiefest good, and my final joy. Amen.’ ~ George Appleton, Oxford Book of Prayer” ~ from my sermon June 29, 2014
Blessings,
Vicki+
What is primary is what Abraham learned, and what Jesus said when asked what was the most important thing: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength – and secondly, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Love, loyalty and trust – this is what God offers us, and it’s what God wants from us in return.
Let us pray. ‘O God, I know that if I do not love thee with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul and with all my strength, I shall love something else with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. Grant that putting thee first in all my loving I may be liberated from all lesser loves and loyalties, and have thee as my first love, my chiefest good, and my final joy. Amen.’ ~ George Appleton, Oxford Book of Prayer” ~ from my sermon June 29, 2014
Blessings,
Vicki+
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