Sunday, March 17, 2002
Sunday, March 17, 2002
Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will
serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of
the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the
LORD."
Yes it is. And yet, that is the position you and I find ourselves in. In this season, we give thanks
to the one who gave us our life. How shall we thank him? The most appropriate response is to
make a renewed commitment to live a Christ-like life as God grants us the ability. God's love
for us is immediate and it is intimate. Our response should be urgent. Now is the day of
salvation.
(Joshua 24.15
NRSV)
A 12-year-old girl and her parents drove across five states and traveled 1,300 miles to thank
the man who saved her life. Tanya Gentz came from Galveston, Texas, to Charlotte, North
Carolina, through a record snowstorm in Tennessee that held them up for two days. Tanya had
one purpose in mind. She wanted to thank and hug and praise the man who gave his bone
marrow to cure her leukemia. "I'm the only person that could have done this for her," the man
said. Tanya put it this way, "It's hard to thank somebody who gave you your life."
Loving God, I give you thanks for your unconditional love that seeks me and welcomes me into
your heavenly kingdom. Amen.
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