Sunday Scribblings

The prompt for this week’s Sun­day Scrib­blings is “simple.”

Con­sider Matthew 5:21–24:

You’re famil­iar with the com­mand to the ancients, “Do not mur­der.” I’m telling you that any­one who is so much as angry with a brother or sis­ter is guilty of mur­der. Care­lessly call a brother “idiot!” and you just might find your­self hauled into court. Thought­lessly yell “stu­pid!” at a sis­ter and you are on the brink of hell­fire. The sim­ple moral fact is that words kill.This is how I want you to con­duct your­self in these mat­ters. If you enter your place of wor­ship and, about to make an offer­ing, you sud­denly remem­ber a grudge a friend has against you, aban­don your offer­ing, leave imme­di­ately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out with God.

Today is a day for clo­sure. And that’s where the bless­ing part of this two-for-the-price-of-one arti­cle becomes relevant.