(credit: Varsha Salome)
Even as you hit the fast lane of life with furious strides that brook no brakes, won’t you pause a moment to grab a grain of scriptural truth embedded herein?
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God bless
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The unwelcome Word!
Contrary to what the sooth-sayers would have us believe, the Word from God isn’t always comforting. Nor is it genie-like, awaiting our beck and call, offering to fulfill our fanciest dreams – from an electric blue BMW to an upmarket beach front villa. No Sir, it doesn’t tousle our hair or tell us bed-time stories a la Alexa and pat us to sleep at night with a soulful rendition of “Abide with me”!
Sometimes it disturbs us. Awakens us. Tells us to get out of our comfort zone, go preach in Nineveh, a city we’d much rather avoid!
Do we welcome the Word howsoever inconvenient the message?
* 1 February, setting 1 January as Day 1
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A good number of current day “preachers” completely avoid any semblance of instruction (except the instruction to donate more and more), warnings or admonishment for fear of losing their “fans”. So all that we the congregation / audience are left with is a good dose of “promises” of diverse blessings and banal soothsaying. “நல்ல காலம் பொரக்குது, நல்ல காலம் பொரக்குது”, குடுகுடுப்பைக்காரர்கள் at best!
Sadly, true