For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
“The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.”
Basil of Caesarea (339-370) in Homily II, Concerning the Statues.
We observed Easter in Ukraine. It was a rich time with a young couple from the seminary where Jenni taught. The blessed us with hospitality.
Each of us — Jenni, Milan, and me — has received enthusiastic and strategic invitations to return to Ukraine. We pray God will open the door for continued service to receptive people here.
We pray for God to guide us in discerning what to do with these invitations as our lives and our schedules are not our own. They belong to the one who redeemed us with His blood.
After church and lunch yesterday afternoon, we rode a bus from Lviv, Ukraine, to Košice, Slovakia. That was hard. The border crossing took 5.5 hours. We got to Košice at 3:15am.
Today, we connect by train to Bratislava at 11:30am, then to Mikulov, Czech Republic, from 2-4 April 2024, to activate working group to form a peer accountability group here (like ECFA in USA).
In life after Lent, our mindset toward everything should shift. Regarding possessions, instead of focusing on getting we focus on giving. In this light, rich is the person, like Jesus, who gave much.
What does giving “much” look like for you in your life after Lent. Everything has changed with Easter. Now it’s go time! What do you have that you can give to God?