Pentecost is Coming!

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves this past Memorial weekend! The letter to the Hebrews reminds us of that "great cloud of witnesses" that have gone before us, and in similar fashion we pause to recognize that great number of soldiers who have gone before to make liberty and peace possible. This morning's passage comes to us from the book of Acts as we prepare for Pentecost Sunday.

Acts 3:1-7
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. When he saw peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, "Look at us." And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk." And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

Pentecost is not just about admiring Jesus from the sidelines, but in learning to be more Christ-like in all things, including the power to heal! We often hold ourselves back from allowing God to accomplish great things through us. Pentecost is a reminder that we have been called to do marvelous things!