Top of the morning from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, located in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma.
Do me a favor this week? Will you read a story found in Matthew 25:1-13? You may think it is an odd request for this Advent season, but, like all Bible stories it is a guide from which we can receive ancient wisdom into our life.
Five of the maidens discovered they could not borrow oil for their flickering lamps. There are things in life we cannot borrow, and faith is one of them. We can't live off the spiritual capital of someone else.
The birth of Jesus is an opportunity to rekindle connection to "God with us", and to the responsibilities those three little words place upon us.
God needs our services. By our little and big acts at this season - by writing cards and notes to friends from the past, by visiting a shut-in, by phoning a lonely person, we affirm our contact to "God with us." We become God's instruments of love and friendship.
Share the depth of your spiritual capital.
Cheers,
Richard
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