AnOrdinary Day in´My Life |
Skrevet af Jørn Nielsen | |||
Torsdag, 30. september 2010 13:25 | |||
My daily ”health” walks often make me stop at the beautiful foyer of our nearby parish church (Lutheran state church) where I can rest for a few moments, read the newspaper and also sit down with some of the employees of the church – yesterday they included the female vicar, the female parish clerk and one of the garden workers. “What about a cup of coffee?” I was kindly asked. I always welcome that. ”I listened to a hymn on the TV service”, I said, ”and I was so thrilled that I immediately wrote a hymn of my own on that majestic tune, but few of my friends know it!” - ”Oh, it´s my favorite hymn” the vicar smiled, - she´s a pretty young widow by the way. The parish clerk started humming the tune. Then we talked about obligatory Sunday´s text on Lazarus (from John 11). You know in the Lutheran church its ministers have by law been assigned which bible text they´re supposed to preach on. I told them that I´d also listened to a radio service where the Lutheran minister had said, “Notice, the Lord didn´t say, “I have the life, - but I am the life!” John 11:25. In other words the resurrection life begins already now for those who´ve trusted Jesus.” I told them how that truth fills me with joy right now. My churchy friends smiled. However unworthy I am, my best moments are always those when I testify face to face to someone about the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. “Who is adequate for these things?” (2 Cor. 2:16). Nobody is, but He has in His undeserved grace “made us adequate as servants of a new covenant” (3:6) - the covenant of grace. The covenant of the gospel. On land, by sea and in the air which has often been a fine place for me to be at as His witness. -jn- Sept. 21, 2010.
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