Death, Despair, and Desperation process through our lives and our community more often than we would like. But do we stop and take notice? Furthermore are we moved to interrupt all of this death, despair, and desperation with compassion, hope and love? Or do we simply march on with the business of life? In our text for Sunday,Luke 7:11-17 , Jesus encounters a funeral procession. A son has died and a widow is left with nothing. She is in total despair. But Jesus doesn’t just pass on by. Instead he takes notice and is so moved with compassion that he interrupts the funeral march. He interrupts death with life and the word of this miracle spreads. Death, Despair, and Desperation march on all around us. Will we – like Christ – offer A Gracious Interruption to the pain and suffering all around us?
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