Sermon: A Frame for our Lives - July 23,2000

Here is a sermon about finding God in the mundane.
And suspending the mundane for just a day to escape it.
It's called the Sabbath.

I am so grateful I have at last had an answer to prayer and am able to have every Sunday off.

I am trying to live a balanced, beautiful life. I try not to let things spoil my day - I DO try to keep a good attitude and perspective.

I smile a lot! This annoys some people a LOT!

I am not ignoring my weaknesses and sin.
I think I am pretty upfront about the things I recognize in my life. Like my preoccupation (read insecurity) about my looks and health.
Like when I became attracted to certain other men.
Like what I did about it to keep it from taking over.

I talked about it.

I let the sunshine and the fresh air test my dark little secrets. Almost right away, they fell into the correct perspective.

I find that people who try to hide the truth about themselves are pitiful, almost to the point of comical. They are as transparent as the Emperor's New Clothes!

Being compassionate without being a sap - encouraging someone to become independent, not co-dependent... these are some of the applications of Christianity I hope to reach for.

While I am often unknowingly intuitive - a couple of weeks ago I was moved to give a single woman a stuffed toy without knowing she was pregnant.
She was amazed!
She hadn't told ANYBODY!
She spilled the whole story to me while I cradled her in my arms like a little child.

Who moved me?
God.

Why did he pick me?
He needed someone who would express His compassion, which was the aspect of Him that she, already judged, needed the most .