no more solo's

Tuesday January 20th 1 Samuel 3: 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD : The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 8 The LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.' The Lord may have spoken directly to Samuel, but it was Eli that helped it make sense of what was happening. So it is with us. God speaks to many, if not all of us, it is just that most of us don’t know it. It is though the other saints in the world that we begin to make sense out of that calling. Listen to the saints in your life, what are they saying to you? Through their voice, what do you feel called to do? Most of the time it takes a community to discern the voice of God in our lives. Solo Christianity is more about keeping your mind closed than your ears and hearts and souls open. Today we begin a new era in government. Today we put an end to decades of rugged individualism and the “government is the problem” which were nothing more than ponzi schemes to let the rich get richer at the expense of the rest of the world, and usher in an era where the government “is us.” My prayers and blessings go with the new administration, it will be tough. Those who have held the strings to the money and power and the no bid contracts will not easily let go, but it is the time for the collective us to let our voices be heard and our prayers be known in the land.