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If It’s Not Good News For Everyone…

“But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people:” - Luke 2:10

We fear that there isn’t enough to go around. We suppose that life is like a pie, where when someone gets a slice that leaves a little less for anyone else to have. And we’re not trying to do without.

We operate under the assumption that some folks are going to have, and others are going to have to do without. Then we do everything in our power to make sure we get ours even if it comes at someone else’s expense. In our minds, that’s just the way things are.

The good news is for everyone, particularly those living in the shadows and in the margins. It declares…. The hungry will be fed. The naked will be clothed. The thirsty will be given to drink. The sick will be cared for. And the stranger will be welcomed.

If it’s not good news for everyone, it’s not the gospel. We live in a world of God’s abundance. There’s more than enough good news to go around.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Waiting For Delivery

“While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.”- Luke 2:6

We are like expecting mothers. Our lives are pregnant with possibility and potential. Yet there are no short cuts to delivery. There is no way to hasten the time. Instead we do the best we can to care for ourselves in order to care for the life within us while enduring the pain and discomfort with the joy of hope filled anticipation.

We are like expecting fathers. We may not have the life of another within us. Yet we do every we can to provide and protect for the lives of mother and child. We are eager to meet the life that will come into the world. Despite our occasional feelings of helplessness, we do everything in our power, and use every ability and every resource at our disposal to create the space and place for our growing family to thrive.

We like mother and father do not control the delivery timeline. Like mother and father together, we are waiting for delivery. Our waiting is not passive but active and proactive.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Let Us Embrace Our True Identities

Our true identities are those of gods and goddesses, children of the most high God. Our lives are to serve dwelling places of the most high. (Psalm 82 & 1 Corinthians 3:16)

In our verse for today, Jesus “was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead…” -from Romans 1:4

We too are recognized as the children of God when we embrace our true identities. We embrace our true identities in and through loving God, ourselves, and everyone and everything else with everything we have.

Loving fully and completely connects us to the sacred and the holy. Connection to the sacred and the holy gives us power of the resurrection, the power to redeem and restore lives and to transform the world.

We embrace our true identities by living in love. Love enables us to be sacred beings, living in holy world. Let us embrace our true identities.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Saved From Our Sins For Love

“She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."-Matthew 1:21

Saved from our fear and anger…

Saved from our injustice and oppression…

Saved from our hopelessness and despair…

Saved from our apathy and indifference…

Saved from our greed and lust…

Saved from our hubris and pride…

Saved from our faulty logic and poor judgment…

Saved from our individual and collective sins…

We are saved by, with, in, and through love for love.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Wake Up And Get To Work

“When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him;” - from Matthew 1:24

We may be able to distinguish body, mind, and spirit, but in this life, there is no separating them. They are interconnected and interdependent. Proper rest is essential to our physical and spiritual wellbeing.

It’s essential for us that we dream. “People without a vision perish.” (Proverbs 29:18) Joseph’s dream was the type of vision that brought meaning and purpose to his life. It allowed him understand how his seemingly ordinary life could be an extraordinary part of changing the world.

Resting and replenishing ourselves is an essential first step in our spiritual journeys. Embracing a dream, a vision for ourselves and the world is a second. The third is no less important. We have to follow through. Once we’ve done the first two, we have to wake up and get to work.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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When We Feel Like God Is Angry

“You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.”- Psalm 80:5

When we feel like God is angry…

When we feel like we must be going through some kind of punishment or divine retribution…

When we feel forsaken, abandoned or alone…

Do as the ancient psalmist did. Trust in the power of God’s love to restore and deliver us- all of us.

Pray as they prayed: “Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.” And trust God to answer.

The long shadows of our anger and fear, remorse and regret, guilt and shame will always disappear in the light of God’s love.

God’s loving face will shine upon us, and we will be saved.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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When Our Purpose Is Bigger Than Our “Face”

“When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife.” - Matthew 1:24

The concept of “face” has to do with one’s reputation, social dignity, and respect in the eyes of others. One’s social standing matters in just about every society, and particularly matters where honor and shame carry great weight.

Joseph choosing to wife Mary, a woman who would now be seen as unchaste and impure in the eyes of their society in many ways made him worse than Mary. What kind of simp would choose to do that?

Joseph decided to ignore his “face”. His purpose, mission, and calling were more important to him than how he was seen in the eyes of others. He understood that true honor is not bestowed externally, but emerges from within.

We will always be prisoners to the opinions of others until our purpose is bigger than our “face”.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Do Not Blame And Shame

“Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.” - Matthew 1:19

Joseph’s honor as a man in his society had been deeply insulted. The woman to whom he had been engaged and had never touched, was pregnant.

Yet instead of seeking revenge and retribution against her and her family, he sought to preserve her and her family’s dignity.

He did not seek to redeem his honor at the expense of theirs. The righteous do not blame and shame. True honor needs no defense.

Righteousness seeks the to bring the best out of all our broken situations. Its purpose is always good. For this it always works.

May we always practice this kind of righteousness.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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