The Language has become flesh, has written itself into the story, to give an invitation… to everyone.
Not everyone hears.
Not everyone can hear.
Some have been forgiven too little
Rendered deaf to Breath, and Spirit, and Life.
Language, and Word, and Flesh.
Love, and Story and Invitation.
But the invitation doesn’t stop. God loves the world and Love never gives up.
You see…
old landmarks are disappearing.
and new ones forming.
here, in the present.
Now.
We tend to think this true only of our past; that transition only took place in the pages of Biblical history as recorded by James, or Peter, or Paul, but the invite at Areopagus is constantly being reissued. The new replaces the old… old stories, old gods, old ways. Love is in perpetual conflict with the plot lines built up in the minds of men, even of religious men, especially of religious men.
The new isn’t yoked to tired monuments, and outdated bronze serpents. No, the yoke is easy, and the burden is light!
It’s free.
O p e n.
E x p a n s i v e.
We share this good news with others. We must be willing to hear it ourselves.
Truth has come, yes to the one lost sheep, but it turns out those who need it most are the 99.
So fight for your old traditions, yes, struggle with all you have…
For if you don’t fight you will not lose
If you don’t lose you won’t know your need
If you don’t know your need you won’t be listening for the invitation.
And only those who hear the invite can share the invite.
The Language has become flesh, has written itself into the story, to give an invitation… to everyone.