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Tea time in the Upper Room #XLVI
15 years ago
General
Before the Upper Room I'd like to say that 
voodoopredator got hit by the 'banned' wagon. His last journal was a bit too much for the Admin here. He was defending someone under 18 having adult privileges on here and even fought with me claiming that they should be able to have sex if they found 'true love'.
Right, I'm not surprised by this. Pray that he learns the actual words of God before he starts an argument.
~Rev. Wally Bear
Time to Love
Read John 15:12-17
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
-John 15:13 (NRSV)
FOR the second time in a week, I received an unusual phone call from a friend. The conversation did not make sense, and I was too busy with work to take the time to dig deeper into why my friend was calling. As I worked through the day, my mind kept coming back to the call. Then I received an email reminder from The Upper Room asking for past writers to take time to send in a meditation. All of a sudden it was clear to me: God was speaking to me, just as every morning through the meditations I read in The Upper Room to start my day. I thought, How often has some distant writer, many months ago, written something that made a profound difference in my life on the day I read it?
I realized that I might be able to make a difference for my friend. I stopped what I was doing and called him. Soon I learned that he had lost his job and felt too ashamed to ask for help.
God asks us to demonstrate Christian love by taking time in the midst of our busyness to listen and offer love to people in need. Sometimes a few minutes of prayer is all that is needed, but often it is something more. If we routinely abide in God, we will hear God's call each day and know what to do.
Mark H. Anderson (Pennsylvania, USA)
Prayer
O God, help us to abide in you, listen to your call, and demonstrate your love by helping those you bring to us for care. Amen.
Thought for the Day
Take time to listen in love to those around you.
Prayer Focus
People seeking employment
voodoopredator got hit by the 'banned' wagon. His last journal was a bit too much for the Admin here. He was defending someone under 18 having adult privileges on here and even fought with me claiming that they should be able to have sex if they found 'true love'. Right, I'm not surprised by this. Pray that he learns the actual words of God before he starts an argument.
~Rev. Wally Bear
Time to Love
Read John 15:12-17
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
-John 15:13 (NRSV)
FOR the second time in a week, I received an unusual phone call from a friend. The conversation did not make sense, and I was too busy with work to take the time to dig deeper into why my friend was calling. As I worked through the day, my mind kept coming back to the call. Then I received an email reminder from The Upper Room asking for past writers to take time to send in a meditation. All of a sudden it was clear to me: God was speaking to me, just as every morning through the meditations I read in The Upper Room to start my day. I thought, How often has some distant writer, many months ago, written something that made a profound difference in my life on the day I read it?
I realized that I might be able to make a difference for my friend. I stopped what I was doing and called him. Soon I learned that he had lost his job and felt too ashamed to ask for help.
God asks us to demonstrate Christian love by taking time in the midst of our busyness to listen and offer love to people in need. Sometimes a few minutes of prayer is all that is needed, but often it is something more. If we routinely abide in God, we will hear God's call each day and know what to do.
Mark H. Anderson (Pennsylvania, USA)
Prayer
O God, help us to abide in you, listen to your call, and demonstrate your love by helping those you bring to us for care. Amen.
Thought for the Day
Take time to listen in love to those around you.
Prayer Focus
People seeking employment
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