This mortal life

On Sunday, I preached, "We are to remember both the dust from which we came and the Spirit that fills us to overflowing."

In this chapter, Job is lamenting the fact that he is human, mortal, that he will have pain and die.

But that's not Ash Wednesday and this life of faith are all about. "This is going to work out for the best." Easter is coming! There are already signs of it. Look at the ground from which we came. Do you see new life?

In the waters of our baptism, we die with Christ and rise up to live for the kingdom of God. We don't need to buy into the consumerism of our culture. Our minds have been transformed. The only thing that matters in the long run is the kingdom, God's love for all of his people.

We are here to live this life together and serve all people. For the next 40 days, we are to pray, fast, and give generously...the whole church together. All that we do is leading up to probably our biggest youth event of the year: On Palm Sunday weekend, 30 of us will be fasting for 30 hours. Sue and her sister and daughter, Karla and two of her friends, Bill's daughter, and I are on board for Apr 15th-16th. While we start fasting at 8 am on Friday, the kids are in school and people are in work for the first 8ish hours. Join us Friday afternoon/evening when you can and then the event ends at about 3 pm on Saturday after our breakfast meal.

I would like every member of Faith to do one or two of the following three things:
1. Fast with us.
2. Give to the cause.
3. Pray during one of the hours we are fasting.

While you can fast OR pray, everyone can give.