It got me thinking about the last Working Bee when I had the job of removing the graffiti from the church walls. Vandalism like this is a pretty good picture of sin. We all want to leave our mark in life, and we don't really care about what we have to write over to do so. After all it is really about seeing me and what I've done. God has given us all gifts to use, but we don't want to listen to him, we want to show them off for maximum effect; we want centre stage.
Thank God for graffiti remover then. A super-strong solvent that washes it away. Wipes it clean so that we can start again.
Cardinal Pell's address was preceded by a welcome from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tonight. Mr Rudd said it was a time to speak about all that was right in Christianity and the church:
It was the church that began first schools for the poor, it was the church that began first hospitals for the poor, it was the church that began first refuges for the poor and these great traditions continue for the future.
Right on Mr Rudd. And as a church we can think of PACC and the Op Shop likewise. Good deeds done in the name of Christ. But don't forget the graffiti remover Kev, only Jesus can do that.
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