Oct. 24, 2013

Acts 20:  You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.


Paul is returning to Jerusalem.  He is telling the people of his churches to be strong in his absence.  He will never see them again.

I am trying to "feel" Paul.  So much of what he put in his letters to the churches has been used to make our churches seem judgmental.  I would like to see Paul as something else. 

He has done so much good in his time away, although he has been threatened so many times.  He feels so much for his churches.  But it still feels like he is glorifying himself.

Prayer:  Lord, help me see Your son, Paul, in a new light.  I know that he was of great use to You in establishing Your churches.  I want to feel that he was a man of God in every way.  I am having trouble seeing him as truly representing Your son as You would want.
Amen