Oct 10, 2021 |
Heaven is a life shared
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulHeaven is a life shared
Every time Jesus says follow me, he is not saying, “Hey, let's you and me go for a one on one walk, so that I can teach you how you can go to heaven.” Every time Jesus says follow me, he is inviting people into a community that is already begun and is growing and is drawing from the Holy Spirit to be filled with the love of God and participate with Jesus in the healing of the world. Follow me is not an individual command, but an invitation into a life shared not only with God but with one another. Follow me is a thing that Jesus says so that we will recognize that if we go with Jesus, we will be drawn outside of ourselves, outside of our own fears, outside of our own false security and into real life, love and relationship with the God made us.