December 1991- Crossroads is officially commissioned and incorporated as a church.
Blue Book Lectionary reading. Read full passage here Isaiah 53:1-6
Have you ever looked at someone or something and said, “No way is this God’s idea!” We have, and because we look for what’s not here, we miss the moment that could teach us plenty.
Read Isaiah 53 and wonder if you would have believed that the suffering Christ was God. Now consider that you might be missing out right now because you are looking for something or someone else.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote, “Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.” Take a moment today and let your life speak. Receive the gifts, the good, bad, and suffering, too. You may even want to take off your shoes on this holy ground and see God in a new way.
Who believes what we’ve heard and seen?
Who would have thought God’s saving power would look like this?
Isaiah the Prophet, chapter 53