Thursday, August 30, 2012

08/30/12

You are good Abba.

Without oxen a stable stays clean,
but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
-Proverbs 14:4

You keep telling me the same thing over and over. Love is a risk, but the entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on Love.

Life is about taking risks.

Life is a messy stable.

Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’ But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’ ...from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.

Would You rather I keep my stable clean? Would You rather I bury my silver? Would You rather I avoid atheists, prostitutes, sinners? Would You rather I stay away from bars? Would You rather I try to save my life?

Life is a messy risk. But it is beautiful.

Life is about eating dinner with lewd sinners.
Life is about hanging out with hookers on the street.
Life is about playing Frisbee golf with tax collectors.
Life is about turning water into wine so a celebration can continue.
Life is about eating ice cream with registered sex offenders
Life is about hanging out at the campsite of a homeless murderer.
Life is about Love.

and Love is a messy risk.