Wow! Now That's Bold

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

I honestly don't know how to react to the thoughts I have about today's passage. I began writing something about a television show I was watching and when I was 2 sentences from being done I erased the whole thing as it didn't make sense. I began writing about how disrespectful people can be to each other, but I didn't like the feel of where that might have led. The truth is I honestly don't know how to put into words what I'm feeling or thinking. Maybe if I just keep writing words it'll come to me.

I can't put what I'm thinking into words because I've never been in a situation like the one Paul is describing. Here he is, speaking to a church mixed with Jews, Christians, and Judeo-Christians about not being afraid to live in the new life brought to them through Christ. Paul then decides to try and put away, once and for all, the divisions the church in Corinth are developing.

Earlier in the chapter Paul says, in not so pretty words, our new life doesn't come to us in words written by a chisel in stone, but written on our hearts by the Spirit. Then, as described in today's passage, Paul makes me take a step back and says, "we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, not like Moses." Okay, is it just me or did Paul just call out one of the greatest leaders of Jewish history as being a coward.

Doesn't Paul know Moses hid behind a veil in order for the Hebrew people to not be afraid. Wasn't Moses protecting them by not revealing God's glory to th.....Ohhhhhhhh.

God's love is not meant to be hidden but is to be shown in all it's beauty to all people. It's through Christ we are able to receive and share in God's love. So let's not hide it and find a way to show everyone, all of creation, that God's love makes us shine.

Okay, maybe not so hard to put into words.