Pastor’s Blog
Widow-Sized: Mark 12:41-44
Comparison can kill your joy. Some people feel inadequate, not because they can’t give or do, but they can’t do it as well as someone else. Social media, promotional videos at church or work, an uber-talented person you know, even how you used to be able to give or do—these can sometimes be discouraging if we are living by comparison. And that can lead to rivalry, pride, disparagement, dissatisfaction, and giving up. We have to find a better way.
Higher Thoughts: Isaiah 55:8-9
At a funeral, I experienced a profound moment of clarity to start my year. A husband and wife had died within a month of each other, on the cusp of retirement, and both of them were being remembered at the calling and service I was attending that afternoon.
In the calling line, I greeted the mother of the deceased, who was 90 years old. She was small, frail, usually seated, with eyes as bright as they were when she was 9. She took my hand, patted it, and said, “We don’t teach Him. He doesn’t need my help. This is just how it should be.”