But would grandma...
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But would grandma approve?
They ate standing up. They had their shoes and coats on. They brought their backpacks to the table. They gulped down their food. They wasted the leftovers. The story of the Exodus is a story of urgency, a story of God doing things in a hurry.
We come to church to slow down, but not everything that God does in the world happens slowly.
We come for calm but not all of God's actions are peaceful. Sometimes there is urgency. Sometimes God call us to act right now.
OR
We wash our hands to keep the germs out. Locks and alarm systems keep out intruders. We have rules and regulations and laws designed to keep threats at bay. Background checks and no-fly lists are there to prevent dangerous people from getting too close. We go to great lengths to make sure that hazardous situations, toxic influences and lethal germs always remain outside. We do all that we can to have it all pass us over; to have death itself pass over us.
They ate standing up. They had their shoes and coats on. They brought their backpacks to the table. They gulped down their food. They wasted the leftovers. The story of the Exodus is a story of urgency, a story of God doing things in a hurry.
We come to church to slow down, but not everything that God does in the world happens slowly.
We come for calm but not all of God's actions are peaceful. Sometimes there is urgency. Sometimes God call us to act right now.
OR
We wash our hands to keep the germs out. Locks and alarm systems keep out intruders. We have rules and regulations and laws designed to keep threats at bay. Background checks and no-fly lists are there to prevent dangerous people from getting too close. We go to great lengths to make sure that hazardous situations, toxic influences and lethal germs always remain outside. We do all that we can to have it all pass us over; to have death itself pass over us.
