Dear All of Us,
I lucked out.
In my first year
of seminary
I had the
world's best ever
homiletics professor,
Father O.J. Miller.
He taught us that
a sermon or article
would fly
ONLY IF
in the first one minute
it had an engaging
anecdote, question,
something that really
caught people's
ATTENSION
I hope I just did that!
That's because
here is something
that really needs our
immediate and full
ATTENTION
We can't wait
for things to be good
so we can have an
"A" No.1 Good Life.
We all know that
our world right now
isn't so right, is
troubled to turmoil.
Well, it was
in Jesus' time, too.
Jesus just went on
to live and give
The Kingdom of Heaven -
good life so good it is
God Life
shared in community
one with
all creation.
As Jesus taught prayer,
we can live:
"Thy Kingdom come
on earth as in heaven"
right here in the midst
of our troubled times.
So, here is a
simple example of
Kingdom Come
Right Now.
Sunday afternoon
my wife and I
went out for a walk
in our quiet,
Washington, DC
neighborhood.
We came upon
three little girls
with a table
on the sidewalk.
They were selling
just-out-of-the-oven
cookies.
This pure, serene,
endearing
eight-year-old
shared that they
were raising money
for the orphans
(I expect the
traumatized,
violated orphans
in Gaza).
That gentle,
sweet girl's
soulful sincerity
and purpose
personified life lived in
The Kingdom of Heaven.
I thanked her and
her companions
for
who they are
and
what
they were doing.
They got our
Attention
on the
Kingdom of Heaven
live and immediate
right down the block.
(and the cookies
were delicious).
Right now, right here
in Washington, DC
there's all kinds of
Stress and Storm.
Who is job secure,
how safe are
foreign citizens
legally here,
will government work,
what about the economy
and our savings,
can anybody talk straight?
Right now, right here
in Washington, DC
there are little girls
caring
about
War Orphans.
It's God Love Lived.
They are not waiting for
some supposed optimal
time and setting.
We need not either.
"Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come
on earth as it is
in heaven
- come right here,
right now
in our neighborhoods
worldwide.
We won't wait to live
thy kingdom on earth
as it is in heaven,
promise!
And bless
every little child
giving us
lead and light,
getting our souls'
ATTENTION
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Love to all,
God Bless,
John Frank
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