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Gospel Disapointment Reformation Sunday 2023
October 29th, 2023
Reformation Sunday
Blocked Gratitude - Gospel Disappointment
Beautiful Savior SeaTac, WA
9 AM PDT
READINGS
Romans 3:19–28
John 8:31–36
Deuteronomy 34:1–12
Moses has earned the right to cross that river and enter the promised land, surely. Yet, that is not what we find out. It’s easy to read a passage like this and become distracted by the seemingly graceless way in which God treats Moses. Often, we can look at our lives and our lives of faith and become disappointed. The word “disappointment” means what it sounds like, to miss an appointment. To have a scheduled expectation broken, a previously calendared promise erased. The greater the promise, the more devastating its disappearance. Many people who have been through the wringer of life have a long list of complaints against their Maker. It’s no wonder that so many well-intentioned followers of Christ find their faith dashed against the rocks of disappointment. It’s hard to be grateful when the thing you most want and need and desire and pray for is taken away. As we celebrate the Reformation, we are reminded of the step back we often need to take. That there is great power in those who see their own stories as a part of something greater. For we hear how Moses knew this spends his last breaths in blessing and praise. For, none of us can assign meaning to someone else’s suffering, but we can find meaning in the one who suffered on our account.
Thank you for joining us. Find us online as well as our full worship service at the links below.
Church
https://beautifulsaviorseatac.org/
https://www.youtube.com/c/BeautifulSaviorSeaTac
https://www.facebook.com/beautifulsaviorseatac
https://www.instagram.com/beautifulsaviorlutheranchurch/
School
https://www.facebook.com/BeautifulSaviorLutheranSchoolSeatac/
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By Beautiful Savior, SeaTac WAOctober 29th, 2023
Reformation Sunday
Blocked Gratitude - Gospel Disappointment
Beautiful Savior SeaTac, WA
9 AM PDT
READINGS
Romans 3:19–28
John 8:31–36
Deuteronomy 34:1–12
Moses has earned the right to cross that river and enter the promised land, surely. Yet, that is not what we find out. It’s easy to read a passage like this and become distracted by the seemingly graceless way in which God treats Moses. Often, we can look at our lives and our lives of faith and become disappointed. The word “disappointment” means what it sounds like, to miss an appointment. To have a scheduled expectation broken, a previously calendared promise erased. The greater the promise, the more devastating its disappearance. Many people who have been through the wringer of life have a long list of complaints against their Maker. It’s no wonder that so many well-intentioned followers of Christ find their faith dashed against the rocks of disappointment. It’s hard to be grateful when the thing you most want and need and desire and pray for is taken away. As we celebrate the Reformation, we are reminded of the step back we often need to take. That there is great power in those who see their own stories as a part of something greater. For we hear how Moses knew this spends his last breaths in blessing and praise. For, none of us can assign meaning to someone else’s suffering, but we can find meaning in the one who suffered on our account.
Thank you for joining us. Find us online as well as our full worship service at the links below.
Church
https://beautifulsaviorseatac.org/
https://www.youtube.com/c/BeautifulSaviorSeaTac
https://www.facebook.com/beautifulsaviorseatac
https://www.instagram.com/beautifulsaviorlutheranchurch/
School
https://www.facebook.com/BeautifulSaviorLutheranSchoolSeatac/