Deuteronomy 30:15-20, I Corinthians 3:1-9 and Matthew 5:21-37

This Sunday’s worship falls in between a Friday dedicated to love (romantic?) and a Monday dedicated to examples of character, (Washington and Lincoln) which helped build our marvelous country of freedom, democracy, and prosperity.

And on that Sunday in between “love” and good character our scriptures remind us of the kind of people we could and should be! Moses warns the people to choose the good as they settle in the promised land. Choose and be blessed. Jesus goes to the heart of the matter by looking at our inner thoughts and feelings toward others, and Paul uses interesting images of fields and buildings to describe God’s work through us!

Somewhere in all this combination of “love”, “character” and our calling to be God’s “work,” the impact upon us should be very significant! While staying humble about ourselves, we should not overlook the potential God has placed in each one and in each congregation to really BE something amazing! On being told we can choose, we should feel properly empowered to do great things for God, to actually love God, neighbor and ourselves! To say to ourselves, “With God’s help, I can do this grand thing before me!”

Let’s pass this message of positive potential along to our children, youth, neighbor, and world. God intends the Good for us and to the ends of the earth! Amen!

See you Sunday all you Valentines and potential Presidents of the USA! You fields and buildings of God!

Pastor Barry