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Tuesday, December 1
2 Peter 1:12-22
by Scott Barlow
In an Ann Landers column several years ago, a letter writer asked, “Why should I go to church every week? I cannot remember what the sermon or the service was about a month or two later. What good does it do me?” The response asked if the person could recall every meal he or she had eaten in the past year and pointed out, “You may not remember all of them, but without those meals you wouldn’t be alive.”
I am grateful for the many reminders we have in our church community that God supplies us with everything we need to live our lives as Christ’s disciples. For the past five years I have served on the English Commission and the Session of PCC. I cannot remember all of the meetings I attended (I guess I could go back and read all of the minutes), but each one has been an important part of my Christian life and has helped guide our congregation so that we might serve the community around us and even people far away from us. I am grateful for those who have worked together with faith and good humor to be Christ-centered and other-centered. I actually look forward to meetings in our church!
Peter says that we should pay attention to the prophets “as to a lamp shining in a dark place.” The prophets often called the people to repent from injustice, and we have worked to address injustice within our church and community by dealing with such issues as sexual abuse and misconduct, by serving SRO families and others in Chinatown, by recycling, by going on mission trips to New Orleans with Cameron House, by serving meals to homeless people, and by having the Sunday night Restaurant Fellowship. In all these ways, we work to see God’s light in the darkness.
Who and what reminds you that God has given you everything you need?
Prayer
Dear God, keep reminding us that you are the source of our life. For all you have done for us in Jesus Christ, we thank you. Amen