Uncommon

"In God's love, keep yourselves anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ into eternal life," Jude 21.

And on what basis should we keep expecting life forever? God's love. Jesus' mercy. We've been waiting a while for this, so what do we do as we keep watch for what's not yet here? Extend mercy. To whom? to doubters. To whom? to those caught in the fire. To whom? to soiled people. (We extend the mercy to others that we anticipate for ourselves, right?). Anything else to do while we wait? Yes. Get built up with each other's holy faith, Yes! Anything else? Pray with each other in the Holy Spirit, Yes! Beloved, we are loved by God. The loved people. Beloved. So we anticipate, we encourage.

We meet today with a brother or sister and share our uncommon, holy faith that we have in common. We pray with each other. And, together, we offer thanksgivings for God's love and Jesus' mercy. All the way into eternal life.