Saturday, March 28

Saturday, March 28 - Mark 2

"He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all."

I heard someone say recently, I have forgotten who it was, that throughout history when the church was growing there were signs and wonders. Signs and wonders are dramatic events where God intervenes like this man being healed by Jesus. He went on to say that when the signs and wonders ceased the church began to die. He said the signs and wonders were the dramatic work of God in the midst people that gave evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

The church in America is dying. Some individual churches are flourishing, but the church as a whole is not doing well. When do we see a sign or wonder? If we hear about one we tend to think of it being a hoax because that sort of thing just does not happen. I wonder what this says about us and our openness to relationship with God? We like God when we can put God in a box that we can understand. But what if we were open to how God saw life?