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Rev. Roberta Goodman
Pastor's
Letter...
In Mark 9:2-8, we
read about Jesus taking three of His disciples with Him and leading them
up a high mountain “where they were all alone.”
There, Jesus was transfigured before their eyes.
They saw the Lord in His dazzling glory.
Much of what we
experience in church is in the midst of our fellow brothers and sisters
in Christ. Much of what the disciples experienced,
they experienced in the midst of 11 other disciples, or crowds,
“multitudes” even. But the encounter in the first
verses of Mark 9 was on a much more intimate level.
I think it shows us Jesus’ desire to spend time with us away from the
hustle and bustle of the crowds, where He can become something more in
our eyes than our normal everyday awareness of Him.
Transfiguration
Sunday this year falls on Valentine’s Day -- what a beautiful invitation
that is for each of us to make the time and exert the effort to get away
from everything else and spend time with Jesus in the coming season of
Lent. Will you accept Jesus’ invitation to go up the
mountain with Him?
In the book:
“I Saw the Lord: A Wake-Up Call for Your Heart”*
by Anne Graham Lotz (Billy Graham’s daughter), she says:
“When we are alone, Jesus reveals Himself to us in fresh ways –
we have a fresh vision of who He is – His glory.”
Extraordinary changes can happen in our personal relationship with the
Lord when we intentionally seek a fresh encounter with Him.
Our Lenten Sermon
Series will be a look at Old Testament people who saw a vision of God,
and how it changed them. After you hear their
stories, you may be surprised at how much you can identify with these
who had experiences that were “out of this world” and then chose to
change the world in which they lived.
I’ve never heard a
lesson on the Transfiguration of Christ that didn’t point out how, in
the end, the disciples had to come back down the mountain to the valley
again. Mark 9:8 says, “Suddenly, when they looked
around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.”
After their incredible vision of Jesus in His dazzling glory
conversing with Elijah and Moses, they were left with the
extraordinarily precious experience of walking with Jesus in their
ordinary, everyday life. May you be so blessed this
Lenten season. May you see Him.
May your “enjoy a vibrant, personal relationship with Him.”*
Rev. Roberta B. Goodman
First United Methodist Church
520 S. Illinois Avenue
Weslaco, Texas 78596
956-968-7561