Pastor Wiedmann's Corner
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Let Us Pray!
A young man carrying a large cardboard box knocked at my door last night. He was "moving on," he said, but gave no more explanation. "How can I help you?" I asked.
It was easy to imagine what his answer was going to be. "I need money," I assumed-and then quickly gave myself an "F" for that thought and refocused on this pleasant young man. Something was on his mind. It was easy to see that in his eyes.
"I want a short prayer," he said.
"What would you like me to pray about?" I asked, expecting that he would start to talk to me about the thoughts that troubled his face.
Silence and tears were my response.
"Let's pray with our Bible open," I said. The words flooded into my head from the sermon text I'm thinking about for Valentine's Day:
"How great is the love that the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God. And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1).
I know that the Father has lavished his love on that young man. I know that Jesus has shown him his love by dying on the cross. Now the Spirit lavishes his love by delivering the gospel to him in a "short prayer."
He left with his box. He was heading to the bus station and catching the 9:20 p.m. bus to Oregon. "Is your family there?"
"No."
"Do you know someone there?"
"No!"
"Well, it's a good thing then, that the Father will lavish his love on you in Oregon too."
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