our self-imposed limitations

Monday May 7^th, Acts 8: ³⁶As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?" ³⁸And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.  No preparation, no belonging to a church, no profession of faith, no born again experience, no category on the ELCA form A or any other denominational reporting form, just “Wow, Water, why shouldn’t I be baptized.”  God leaves no doubt that there is only one answer and that is to do it.  You are called to be my messengers from Jerusalem, or close to home, then Judea or next door to home, and then the Samaria or those sort of like us that we consider enemies of our home and then on to the ends of the earth.  For Phillip, this was considered the ends of the earth.    That is how the spirit calls us to react to that wild, out of control, loving, and all inclusive spirit of God.  We are called to reach out to the ends of the earth.   For some that means an Ethiopian Eunuch who is seeking the Lord.  In Anchorage that included the passing of Prop 5 which would add LGBT to the existing anti-discrimination ordinance.    Many churches fought for its passage, they were the ones who got the end of the earth calling in Acts.  Many churches fought against its passage, they were the ones who don’t quite trust the spirit of God to lead them.  Don’t worry, when anti-discrimination does become law, the spirit will lead us on to the next of our self-imposed limitations with the call to tear down those walls also.