Lord, Lord.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord', will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."


What does this mean to you and me?  This can be an unnerving passage if we take a close look at it.  
I go through my life proclaiming the Lord as Lord and preaching his word, but, the Lord says not all will make it to heaven.  Why so?
If I proclaim Jesus as Lord and go about my day back biting and being a jerk there is a contradiction in my words and actions.  You praise God and then throw rocks at your neighbors house.
The way to heaven is to Love.  Love the ones who do us wrong.  Love the ones who are the most challenging and difficult.  This doesn't mean that I need to be a punching bag of sorts to those around us, it does mean to Love them.
So, What is the Love that I need to show?  Live the life of the gospel message, take life seriously and move past the restrictions of a law and move into the Love of Christ.
Christ's Love passes all understanding, and this means to surrender to His will and stop preaching love and live it!  
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock."  Jesus is the Rock.
Love is active, it embraces all.
Be Jesus for everyone!  

Pray and Wait

There is one thing I can find troubling, to be patient with myself and others.  The patience with others can be easier than being patient with myself.  

I pray for patience and then forget the way patience is tested.  Of course my day is chaotic, of course the quick trip to the convenience store was painfully long, of course I get frustrated!  But, I asked for it didn't I?  Oh, I sure did.  

Pray for a virtue and don't forget that the storm is coming! The gold is tested in the fire and praying for patience will ignite the fire.