Amos

My University CA friend Michael gave his first sermon today.
I am very happy for him.
I can see his dedications and his preparations for the service.
May God use him to bless more people.
He rekindled my interests in Amos (not cookies, but a chapter in bible)
It is more interesting than I used to think.
It allows me having better understanding of God himself.

These two weeks, I listened two moving sermons.
Last week I heard some interesting analysis of jesus's family tree.
3 controversial women in that family tree
That tells me God can use anybody

With that in mind, I was uneasy about the preaching strategy of local christian community.
We implicitly value witness from 'Dr", be it physician or PhD ( so called authoritative figure or opinion leader)
I suspect that those titles have no meanings in the kingdom of God.
God can use anybody. Be it a housewife, a doctor, a policeman....
In my view, we should treasure everyone's witness of God,. they are the manifestation of God's love and grace

Perhaps it also explains why we have a christmas combo like the following:
The Kings, the shepherds, Mary (very ordinary girl's name??), Joseph (though can't find him in Book Matthew v.2-11 meeting the kings) and baby jesus

Anyway, Merry Christmas to my blog friends/fans!!