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Sermon: The Last Word; Mark 13 24:3711/30/2008 Shelia Walsh, Christian singer and personality, had a dear friend who lost their child to a rare disease. She said as they wept together and talk about the loss, that she was struck with the peace and grace that rested on her friend. “If this life was all we had, I would have no hope at all,” her friend said. “But this is just the rehearsal for our real life.” Shelia commented on the encounter by saying that this is our home as we stand in hopeless places. We look beyond the pain of this broken world to the place where there will be no more tears. We are not people of a human lifetime, we are people of eternity.
This first week of Advent we are reminded that a day is coming where all wrongs are made right and where there will be no more crying or pain. Jesus called us to be awake and watch, for eternity could be the next moment or in our next breath. I hope to see you Sunday.
Barry
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