Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 ![]() You can find this picture at To the Clouds Photography A severe famine was in the land. dry, aching earth. cracked and thirsty. farmers with work, farmers without fruit. A severe famine was in the land. parched, distant family. broken and wanting. father with a business. father without peace. A severe famine was in the land. overworked, underpaid, confused and jealous. son with status son without joy. A severe famine was in the land. outcast sinners, snubbed tax collectors, disgust and righteousness. leaders with reputations, leaders without grace. ![]() What if the famine is the backdrop for the family as well as the land? What does it mean to have a famine in our families? Does cracked earth translate to broken relationships? Does thirst shed light on jealous older brothers? And on this desolate landscape, we have a father who pours a glass of grace - ice cold. A stark light onto the dim scene. The son was prepared with a speech and he didn't get to finish it. The father interrupts him with a call for grace - from himself, from the servants, from the house. Grace with food that's hard to come by, grace by party. And why is Jesus telling this story? Well, he's eating with sinners and tax collectors; the leaders are unhappy with his friends of "doubtful reputation" (as the Message puts it). Jesus is spotted having lunch with the thirsty, the aching, the cracked, the broken, the wanting. And he's serving water. He's serving water to them? And I've gotta ask myself - who is them to me? Who is revolting? With whom would I not be caught sharing water? Is there anyone in my life that is ruining my reputation? Isn't there a famine somewhere around me that needs water? There simply must be a severe famine somewhere that needs grace like rain.
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7/5/2019 04:05:39 pm
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