Separate

"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples," Isaiah 56:7.

Are you a eunuch? No worries, serve the Lord, your posterity will exceed that of offspring. Are you a foreigner? No worries, serve the Lord, you have a seat in God's house. (Oh, before I forget, remember: We're none of us perfect, natural born to the place. We're all of us marred strangers, displaced aliens, suspect foreigners, homeless sojourners. God adopts us anyway.) Are you afraid that the Lord will separate you out from his people? Don't even go there! You have an honorable place within the halls of God's house. God establishes a covenant with you: His house, a house of prayer, for all comers! Not like - not at all like - the kingdoms of this world. Sky kingdom.

In the joy of Home, we join with a brother or sister today. Built as living stones, God's very temple, we're founded on Christ, its cornerstone. And, with the great Spirit, we invite all peoples to come, to give thanks, and, in this house, to pray, together.