Six Points Church

  • I'm New
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Leadership
    • Contact Us
    • Next Steps
    • Church Covenant
  • Services
  • Ministries
    • Kids
    • Youth
    • Adults
    • Worship
    • Prayer
    • Outreach
    • Missions
    • Connections
  • Events
  • Give
  • I'm New
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Leadership
    • Contact Us
    • Next Steps
    • Church Covenant
  • Services
  • Ministries
    • Kids
    • Youth
    • Adults
    • Worship
    • Prayer
    • Outreach
    • Missions
    • Connections
  • Events
  • Give

​God with us: Weekly Pastoral Devotional

broken glass

11/17/2021

0 Comments

 
The other day we found broken glass all over the floor of the Cafe'  here at church.  It turns out someone took a rock and threw it through a window.  We don't know who it was or why they did it; but it clearly wasn't an accident.  Someone wanted to smash that window (it looks like it took a few throws to do it) and the result was broken glass on the floor.

In truth, it's not that big of a deal.  We will replace the window.  We swept up the glass.  We are redoubling our security efforts at the church to keep this from happening again.  

But it is an opportunity for us to do a few things.  First, we are going to pray for this person.  Jesus tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us...so we took time in our worship service this past week and in our staff meeting as well to pray for this individual and I would love it if you would as well.  We don't know who it was or why they did it, but it gives us a chance to pray for them that we didn't have before.  Pray that God would use this as a way to reach them with grace and forgiveness.  

Second, it's a chance for us to remember that we've all broken a few windows of our own.  Maybe not literally, but we've all done bad things and we've all left behind a trail of broken glass as our actions hurt others and had consequences.  A lie we told might have broken another's ability to trust.  A betrayal we committed may have hurt another deeply.  We have all hurt others.  But, we know that, for us, Jesus lovingly forgave us our sins and helped clean up the broken mess of our lives.  This is a chance to admit our own sinfulness and rejoice in the grace of God.

We belong to a church full of broken people who have done evil things and who have left behind a trail of broken glass...and yet are forgiven and free because of the great mercy of our God...and for that we are forever thankful.  May this truth help us show grace to others and gratitude to our Lord always!

In Christ,
Pastor Scott 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    May 2024
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019

    RSS Feed

Picture
1545 West 226th Street, Sheridan, IN 46069  
317.758.4239​  |
 [email protected]
Need Prayer?