Our scripture this morning addresses one of Jesus’ major themes, love in action. We see it all the time around here, if you know where to look. Love in action is sometimes embodied by the simplest of compassionate responses.This true story of a Presbyterian miracle, found on an Ecunet Bulletin Board, tells of a pastor coming back to church one Sunday after the death of his wife.He came to the early service to change the pattern he and Nancy had established of attending at 11. He thought there'd be people there he knew, to sit with, but he misjudged and came 15 minutes early. He sat alone in the center of a pew, two empty pews behind him and three in front, a brave, sad, solitary man.But then "the miracle" happened. "Bob and Nita Garrett slid out of their pew, six rows behind, and quietly moved down the aisle to slip in beside him. Two Presbyterians had left their pew to move down closer to the front."A true "Presbyterian miracle" had taken place. We Methodists are no different. And to us all, Jesus after washing disciples’ feet, a very servantlike act, said, “I give you a new command, love one another.” He didn’t stop with that. We could interpret that a lot of different ways. But Jesus added the descriptor, “Love one another, as I have loved you.” That puts a whole new face on our kindness, our affections, our motivations and actions. We might even have to change where we sit!
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Children’s Mercy last week honored one of its finest, Terry Buford, 30 years of healing children’s illnesses and hearts.
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