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Waiting 12 hours until our overnight flight into Freetown. Ive been reading Matthew 9 where Jesus is eating in the house of a tax collector nammed Matthew. The pharisees wanted to know why Jesus ate with the tax collectors and 'sinners'. I think, and the scripture goes on to point-out, that it was because in the heart of Jesus is mercy.
Jason Upton has a song on his new album about Martin Luther King Jr. Jason Upton prays at the end and askes the Lord for mercy because we 'kill all the beautiful people... we cant deal with beautiful people.' He prays for the peacemakers to be revealed.
Jesus was a beautiful person, the most beautiful person. To sit and eat with someone at that time was to be identified with them. To be identified with sinners blew the religeous peoples' minds. This story is a window into the beauty of the heart of Jesus and the heart that he wants us to invest in.(Rev 3:18) Humility for the purpose of serviice. Not just any humility, this humility comes with a cost because to be a 'beautiful person' goes in the face of the worlds system. Actually it spits in the face of the worlds system (...our weapons are mighty) Because when a standard of love is raised up which makes the comfortable uncomfortable and they react. To be humble in love is a transparent place because it is 'Christ through you the hope of glory'. So as we go to Freetown we pray we can bring transparency, mercy, and love to dine with those that the Lord puts before us! To bring peace and help to turn the world right side up. In Jesus mighty name, Amen!