Frail Humanity

PK’s Corner March 2010


Psalm 51:3 “For I know my transgression and my sin is ever before me.”

The 51st Psalm is particularly relevant for the time of Lent because it talks about our human frailties and weakness. The author of this Psalm was considered by God to be “A man after God’s heart”. David basked in the favor and glory of God, and yet he committed adultery, murder and deceit in the cover up that led to the writing of this Psalm. As awful as his crimes were, God still loved him and forgave him.

We too are frail beings, whether clergy or congregation, we all fall short of what God calls us to be. Maybe there is something that we said, we wish we could unsay, or maybe there was an action taken that we would take bake. Regardless of what we may have done, God is a forgiving God, and is willing to forgive us if we just ask.

Only one is truly good and that is Jesus, we fall short, but we don’t have to stay there because God is ready to move us on through his son Jesus Christ. As we go through this time of Lent, rather than wallow in the transgression we may have committed, let us bask in the forgiving love of Jesus Christ, and be the children he would have us to be.

Amen

Worthy or Worth it?

PK’s Corner February 2010

Worthy or Worth It.

Matthew 8:8: The Centurion answered “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.”

This is probably one of the most beautiful scenes in the Bible.  Here is a Roman Centurion asking Jesus to just speak so his servant can be made whole, a person realizing the presence of God in his midst and knowing that his life is not ready for the holy.  Not only is this a beautiful scene, but it also shows the short comings of humanity.  You see, we all have this mistaken belief that somewhere out there is somebody who is worthy to stand before God, and have God in their lives. 

In the modern world we hear the centurion’s words with a bit of different flair. “I’m not good enough to go to church, I don’t want to be around all those hypocrites, I have gone too far to be saved, Jesus doesn’t want me”, all of these comments just show how little we understand God.

True, no one is worthy to approach God, and that is precisely why God came to us in Jesus Christ.  We could not, so God did, and we will not, but God still does.    It is the fact that we aren’t worthy that God makes a way for us to have a relationship with God.

Folks, I don’t know where you are, but I know where God is.  God wants a relationship with you, even if you think you are not worthy, God thinks you are worth it.

Amen