Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Do you ever get distracted? Some of you are thinking, when don’t I Pastor! This morning I made my hot chocolate like I always do and I went to sit down and I hadn’t prepared my bowl of cereal. What distracted me? I was thinking about an editorial that I want to write to The Pantagraph. Don’t be looking for it in the near future. I won’t be writing it for a year and half from now. God still has some planning to do. Yes, we get distracted. I write myself notes. Some of you text yourself. In our human nature our minds can wander even in a 9-minute sermon!
What about Jesus? Did He ever get distracted? If He did, it would be hard to find it in the words of Scripture. He was the guy awake on the boat in the storm and in the Garden of Gethsemane. The crowds or the Pharisees or the teachers of the Law didn’t distract Him. Pontius Pilate and Herod and Caiaphas couldn’t deter Him from His eternal mission. We would say He had a laser focus. Death. Dying. The Cross. The Resurrection. Forgiveness and Eternal Life. Before that the beatings and the mocking’s and the crazy justice system. None of this could get Him to detour from the path the Father sent Him on.
Why? Because of His love for you and me – the crown of His creation. When He was tempted to take His eyes off the cross, He saw you. He saw me. He loved the whole world. Nothing, not even the power of the devil, could get Him to waver from what He needed to accomplish. The next time you get distracted, maybe even while reading this, thank your Savior that He didn’t.
In Christ, Pastor
Lenten – Holy Week Schedule
April 5 Lenten Meal – 5:30 p.m.
Lenten Worship – 7:00 p.m.
April 9 Palm Sunday Worship – Holy Communion in both Worship
Services – Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.
April 13 Maundy Thursday Worship w/Holy Communion – 7:00 p.m.
April14 Tre Ore (Brief Service of the Word) – Noon
Tenebrae (Service of Darkness) w/Holy Communion – 7:00pm
April 16 Easter Worship w/Holy Communion – 7:00 a.m.
Easter Breakfast served after the early worship until 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School and Adult Bible Class – 9:15 a.m.
Easter Worship w/Holy Communion – 10:30 a.m.