The end of today's reading got me: "God's covenant-word to Abraham provides the text: 'By your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.'" We need to go back to Genesis 12 to find this first command with a promise: "God told Abram(ham): 'Leave your country, your family, and your father's home for a land that I will show you. I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you.'" Abraham is the father of 3 major world faiths: Muslims, Jews, and Christians. What if we all decided to bless our neighbor? That would cover the whole world.
Please stay after late service tomorrow. We will be packaging 5 boxes of Feeding Children International meals (enough to feed 3 children for an entire year at the cost of $108) in anticipation of our 30 Hour Famine in 40 days (Mar 19th-20th). I'm hoping the whole congregation gets excited about fasting, raising money, and feeding starving children across the street and around the world. The greater Boston food shelf really needs our help, as usage by families is WAY up. Feeding Children International of Stewart, MN started in 2003 with a dream, John committed to driving his mobile unit "up to 50 miles until they packaged 1 million meals". I did my first packaging with them in 2005. To date, they have packaged 52 million meals. I've packaged a million myself. Join the cause. Kids need to be blessed.
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