no longer outsiders

Tuesday May 23rd, Acts 10: 44 No sooner were these words out of Peter's mouth than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners. 45 The believing Jews who had come with Peter couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on "outsider" Gentiles, 46 but there it was… It is hard to come face to face with our neat tidy boundaries being crossed. Just when we think we understand God, we get pushed to look further. It is still going on. We draw the circle smaller and put up fences to keep people out, God opens gates to let people in. Just what does God want from us anyway, to love everyone? That just seems crazy doesn’t it? Even Peter thought so.