Good
Morning All,
John 1:16; “For from his fullness
we have all received, grace upon grace”.
There are some things
about my wife that I don’t think I will ever understand. She doesn’t think that the proper way to
spend Saturday morning is to listen to “Wait, wait, don’t tell me” while
lamenting that Click and Clack on “Car Talk” are no longer on public radio. She simply cannot see that the funniest movie
made is “Blazing Saddles.” I really
can’t fathom her logic on either of these.
She will only tolerate “James Bond” and she can take or leave “The
Kingston Trio”. How we ever connected I
sometimes wonder but we do share one incredible, intense passion; we both love
pizza!
I think we could eat
pizza almost every day. There are enough
variations that we could probably manage it.
I know I could. I even experiment
when I cook pizza and even my failures (which are many!) I can eat and
enjoy. The only thing better than pizza
for supper is, if you can have some leftover, then you can savor the real
breakfast of champions- cold pizza. I
know how I am going to make my next pizza.
I am going to start with a tomato sauce, then a layer of cheddar
cheese. Next will be a layer of Canadian
bacon, then a layer of Swiss cheese.
Then a layer of pepperoni then a layer of pepperjack cheese. Next I’ll use a layer of black olives, green
olives, onions and pineapple. I’ll
follow that with a layer of gorgonzola cheese. Finally, I’ll put a layer of
sausage and cover it with a layer of mozzarella cheese. It will be fantastic!
You may not share my
passion for pizza but there are things that you enjoy and you love to layer it
on. Perhaps it is a cup of coffee and
your favorite dessert. Maybe it is the
time you spend with family and friends.
Maybe it is the comfort of your favorite quilt and a good book. Perhaps it is your favorite old TV show
on. There are things that we enjoy ad we
savor them as they are layered upon us.
In our verse, we read where God’s mercy for
us, shown to us through Jesus, layers his love upon us; we receive grace upon
grace. God luxuriates us with this super
helping of his love. We are able to
wallow in the wonder of his mercy. Like
staying in a warm bed on a cold winter morning, we are given the comfort and
the consolation of God’s mercy. The
greatness of this is that it is always available to us. Whenever and wherever we have need, it is
available to us and not just grace but grace upon grace. The gift of God’s love, so extravagantly
given, that in some ways it would be embarrassing about how much we
receive. Even when we don’t always feel
it or see it, God’s love, his grace upon grace, is heaped upon us.
The nature of God, the
desire of God is shown to us through Jesus.
Through Him we see God’s unparalleled desire to give to us his love in
big heaping servings. We are full of his
grace which is piled upon us grace upon grace.
Father of all mercies,
you pour out upon us your tender love and mercy. We receive grace upon grace. Give us the strength to live in confidence of
your truth. May we always receive
comfort from your grace. Be with those
who feel that are missing this grace.
Use us to bring them your most wonderful gift. In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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