It’s the middle of Lent. 20 days past and 20 more days of no chocolate. Today is also the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the
The entire 13 verse assigned passage (1 Corinthians 3:10-23) is long. It talks about a skilled master builder laying a foundation that someone else builds on. Chocolate doesn’t make a good foundation, for health or a building. Girl Scouts is one of the many materials we can use to build on our foundations and on the foundations of those around us.
You and I build on the foundation we received at Baptism. We choose how to build on it and with what materials. Our work will be tested with fire but we will survive, “saved only through fire.” The fire makes us strong.
The reading continues with the building metaphor, “God’s temple is holy and you are that temple.” If anyone destroys the temple, God will destroy that person. I’m glad I’m on HIS team and not anyone else's.
My favorite part is verses 21-23. What a great message for the middle of the long Lenten season: our work will be tested but God stands by us and “… all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”
We belong to God; there is hope.
Adrienne Bolbot
Join us for midweek Lenten supper and worship on Wednesday. Soup supper at 6:15 and worship at 7. This week, we will encounter a reflection by Isaac about the day his father Abraham nearly sacrificed him. Then, join us for the Third Sunday in Lent at 8:30 and 11. Full calendar is available at http://www.allsaintspalatine.org
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