On the last day of our Beach Hut adventure I read Luke 13:13-34 which you can have a quick read of here: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A13-34&version=NLT
The 2 people walk with Jesus from Jerusalem to Emmaus, settle down for dinner, and when they finally realise who Jesus is, they jump up and walk all the way back to Jerusalem to tell their friends!
What struck me in this was their sense of excitement. They could have waiting until morning to go back to Jerusalem, seeing as they'd just got to Emmaus from Jerusalem! Had a nap, a cup of tea, then gone! But it's like the excitement and adrenelin within them was just bubbling up and they couldn't NOT go - I imagine them skipping, running and jumping all the way back those 7 miles!
When you discover something exciting, you want to tell people about it! When I buy a new item of clothing that I love (especially if it's a bargain!) I want to tell everyone I see about it! I find it so hard not to tell everyone all about my wedding dress! There's that famous (reputed) story of a scientist guy discovering something clever and scientific in the bath and being so excited that he lept out and ran down the street naked! My friend Sophie has recently discovered a new cafe that she loves, and she's telling everyone about it! Good news begs to be shared.
My friend Pete tells a story of an artist who was commissioned to paint a picture of God's salvation. He created an amazing painting of a man clinging to a rock in the sea in the middle of the storm. On the day the painting was to be unveiled, he suddenly said it was wrong and he had to change it. A while later when the painting was revealed, the man was still there, clinging to the rock, but reaching out with his other arm to the people in the water. We have our salvation. We have our foundation. We have our hope. He is good news. And it needs to be shared!
Clothes are good. Scientific discoveries are good. Nice cafes are good.
How much more good is the love of the living God than all of those things?!
Are you sharing the news?
