November 08, 2006

So Sorry

Gospel
Lk 14:25-33

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.”
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So Sorry again, but I just wanted to check base and let you know that I am alive and well. God has just put the test in the campus life and we have survived. Let's just remember that our joy would be rejoiced daily with the storms and all. God never said there wouldn't be storms, He just said that our foundation of life should be made of rock not of sand. WE MUST CARRY THE CROSS HE HAS GIVEN US. We are His followers not just fans in the sideline.

Let's rejoice my brothers and sister that God is in our midst. He loves us and as much as we beg to differ knows the plans He has set before us.

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