AS YOU MEET WITH EACH OTHER THIS WEEK, CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS:
In this week's sermon Basil considered the question that was asked by the angels after the resurrection "why do you look for the living among the dead? '' and in this question there was a call for us to redirect our focus. Basil spoke to us about how we all need to hear this at times, this call to redirect our lives and our thinking to that which will bring us life.
1. In your daily life, what do you spend the most time "looking for?" What are the focuses that most often define your day to day? Do you find that this brings you life?
2. Sometimes we have things in our lives, thoughts and focuses, that need to be rejected and turned from (things that are sinful). But other times it can be just the normal day to day tasks and goals that can become our primary focus and hope. Even though these are not bad things we have focused on, the result is still the same, we lack the life we should have. How can we seek God in the midst of our worldly pursuits? How can we enjoy God as we do the worldly things in our path?
3. In Kathy Haltrich’s poem “Living In The Ruins” we are reminded that God wants to redeem every part of us. Are there any parts of you or your story that you feel just can’t be redeemed?