Wednesday, January 13, 2009
Luke 3: 1-3

Greetings. Well, I’m a couple days late in writing my blog this week. Here is a funny story. Once upon a time, say, last week. Pastor Dawn during a Monday morning meeting told Pastor Paul that he was the designated blogger for the week. Pastor Paul was sure it wasn’t him. Pastor Dawn was sure she was right and that meant Pastor Paul would be one day late in blogging. Well, Pastor Dawn and Pastor Paul could not wait for the meeting to be over to prove that they were both right. Imagine that. Much to Pastor Paul’s chagrin, Pastor Dawn was oh so right. He was dead wrong. She was gleefully right. Oh, how she gloated as she walked passed his desk watching him hustle to write his blogs. Today, Pastor Paul reminded Pastor Dawn about how she gloated last week in being right. Pastor Dawn proudly smiled. In response to her smile, Pastor Paul puffed out his chest and said, “Guess what?” “What,” responded a perplexed Pastor Dawn? “You’re blogging this week.” Oh, you should have seen Pastor Paul gloat. So, the moral of this story is, be ye careful when you gloat about being right. Because when you are wrong, (and you will be soon enough) it will come back to bite you in the, but I digress.

This week I will be blogging on scriptures that tell about the ‘Proclamation of John the Baptist.’ In the first three versus of Luke 3, the writer Luke goes into great historical detail about the setting in which John the Baptist made his proclamation. I believe Luke wanted us to know the importance of John the Baptists’ proclamation during this ruthless time in Rome. What do you think?

John the Baptist was in the wilderness when the word of God came to him. If you were in worship service last week, you may have heard Pastor Ken talking about what it means to be in the wilderness. The wilderness is a place for encounter with God and instruction from God. Think about that. When I find myself in the ‘wilderness’, I tend to be more open to hearing and receiving that which God has for me. What about you? Such was the case for John the Baptist. Would love to know your thoughts.

igniting,
Pastor Dawn