God as invitation. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]Too many people are afraid of God. I think that is one way that God is getting written
off as being unworthy of our time or energy. There are more an more 'nones' out
there each day - those folks who simply do not want or need to have God as part
of their lives. The God they see is a God that is foul - angry - punishing - and
simply nonsense. That kind of God condemns and punishes and seems to delight in
stoning people. It is, for example, the God-hates-fags kind of God.
But then there is God as invitation - the God who invites us to join in the creativity
necessary to bring peace and healing to the world. God as invitation is not going
around looking for people to 'zap' or 'punish.' God as invitation is inspiring people
to step up and join in on an adventure that will turn a broken down, war-making,
revenge-seeking world into a creative journey in which we are each considered to
be a part of the power of life that reveals the peaceable Reign of our God who invites
us into an amazing journey of creative reconciliation that is rarely allowed within
the story-telling of a god who seems to rule by little more than anger and threat.
O God of love and new life, help us hear your voice of invitation so that we will
come to see how you give us the energy and the courage and the heart to bring your
Reign of peace alive. Amen.
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