Changed By God To Make A Difference For God

The apostle Paul tells us today to rejoice always. But how can we possibly do that? We live in a world gone mad with all its attendant hurts, heartaches, failures, and loss. Furthermore, we believe that God's awful judgment will one day rightfully fall in full on all the sin and evil in his world, and we remember we are part of the problem! So what's there to rejoice about? Since today we focus on John the Baptist, perhaps he is a good place for us to start. Check out what Fr. Maney has to say about it all and see what you think. Lectionary texts for today are Zephaniah 3.14-20; Isaiah 12.2-6; Philippians 4.4-7; Luke 3.7-18.