Take Nothing For The Journey

Today's Gospel : Mark 6:7 - 13

Then Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs giving them authority over the unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff - no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, "Do not take a spare tunic". And he said to them, "If you enter a house anywhere, stay there until you leave the district. And if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust from under your feet as a sign to them." So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

It seems to me that the Twelve's mission was prsuccinctcinct. Take nothing with you, visit the lost, if you arereceivedieved, kick the dust off your feet. Not very PC or people friendly. We on the otherhand, develop programs,systems and methods that cater to the "Unchurched" when sometimes siproclamationation of Gospel truth should do.

Be His hands and feet!

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