{"id":148,"date":"2014-03-06T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkwood.org\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2015-03-03T18:46:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:46:27","slug":"an-inconvenient-faith-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parkwood.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/an-inconvenient-faith-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inconvenient Faith (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning”<\/em> (John 1:1)<\/p>\n

“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us…”<\/em> (John 1:14)<\/p>\n

When I was 14 yrs old my father lost his job and our family had to move. He had gotten a job in another city hundreds of miles from the friends and family we knew so well. It was not an easy change for a young teenager. It was something that changed my life.
\nThis Saturday night everyone in our part of the country will change their clocks ahead 1 hour. I don’t know of anyone who likes it as we lose an hour of sleep. Who’s idea was this?
\nChange is always “inconvenient”. Whether it is something as big as moving from one State to another or as small as moving the hands of the clock ahead 1 number…it’s still hard!<\/p>\n

The Scriptures above talk about the greatest change ever embraced. God moved. He moved a lot! The God of heaven came to earth to dwell among us. He left the comfort of His glorious throne room and came into a stable behind an inn. He put aside His royal robes and put on rags.\u00a0 Why would He do that?\u00a0 The God who created you loves you so much that He came.\u00a0 He sacrificed.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 For you.\u00a0 You see, what we are meditating on this lenten season began before the cross.\u00a0 The cross was the final chapter of a long journey of sacrifice for us.<\/p>\n

On this second day of our lenten journey together read Philippians 2:1-11 and meditate on the mindset of Jesus who made such an “inconvenient” trip to rescue us from our sin and reveal to us His love.<\/p>\n

Oh, by the way, that move that was so devastating to a young boy led to many blessings that would have never taken place without the change.\u00a0 Our faith can sometimes call us to “inconvenient” change in order to experience God’s richer blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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