This quote was shared in the sermon at church today which I want to come back to again and again.... "Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method … is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of the love method is reconciliation and creation of the beloved community…. Yes , love — which means understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill, even for one’s enemies — is the solution." — Martin Luther King Jr.
beloved community indeed!!
such a gift that Renee Notkin honored Ratnakar today by allowing me to introduce him and allow him to share some words of encouragement with the congregation today.
“Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that
will overcome the world”— Oscar Romero
homemade macaroni and cheese for lunch today :)
a walk to the store to get a few more ingredients for dinner tonight
4 heads of garlic to make a ginger/garlic paste
the master chef at work making biriyani for us with spices he brought from India
passage Ratnakar shared with our small group as what he described as the guidebook to our faith:
And be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves
you don’t snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do
your best to bring it out. Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no
matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus
to live. Don’t suppress the Spirit, and don’t stifle those who have a
word from the Master. On the other hand, don’t be gullible. Check out
everything, and keep only what’s good. Throw out anything tainted with evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:15-22 The Message
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-22 NIV
small group cheers!
