A family bought a new refrigerator. The old one was still in pretty good shape, so they didn’t want to just junk it. The husband rolled it to the end of their driveway and put a big sign on it: Free - You Haul. A week later it was still there. He changed his tactic. He put a new sign on it. Good Refrigerator - $50.00 - You Haul. The next morning they got up to find that someone had stolen the refrigerator during the night!
Anytime a community has a day of unlimited trash pick-up, the night before the actual pick-up is a flurry of people driving around the town “picking up” anything they think they might use.
If I uncovered a pallet of solid gold bricks some Sunday morning during worship, and informed everyone that every family could take one, there wouldn’t be any left would there?
In an instant, God could make every used appliance, all our junk, and every ounce of gold disappear. Despite that fact: Nobody rummages through our trash looking for pieces of faith that we’ve tossed away. Nobody is waiting in line on Sunday, or any other day, to receive God’s free love and grace.
Easter Sunday is just around the corner. What are you going to do with our celebration of Jesus’ victory and offer of free love and grace to all of humanity?
