... than on God’s terms. The Holy One is far greater and wilder and more wonderful than we dare to imagine. As I said, once I got started on this journey called “God is like. . .,” it was hard to stop. This series has gone on longer than I originally planned. About the time I thought a particular installment would be the last, I would stumble upon something in the scripture or elsewhere that nudged me onward. But, as my dad used to tell me, all good things must come to an end. After all, one can run a ...
3852. Send Workers Now!
Matthew 9:35-38
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Edward F. Markquart
Have you ever been down to the bank on late Friday afternoons to deposit a check? Are the lines long on Friday afternoons? Yes. Do you enjoy waiting in those lines? No. And you are pleased when you hear the voice of the bank manager echoing through the bank: 'Tellers to the front window please." And you want those tellers to come immediately, when the line is long. Not in five minutes or ten minutes or fifteen minutes. The action is now. We need some extra workers now. Same song, second verse. Have you ...