May God Bless You with Tears to Shed | October 16 Worship Gathering

October 17, 2022

Storied Church

This is the third week in our series "Benediction". This week we talked about the issues in our world that break our hearts and how we are often times feel helpless. But our prayer each week is that whatever it is that breaks our hearts... that we might be the kind of people who reach out our hands to turn others pain into joy. Each week we dismiss with these words, "May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace." Anger is no doubt a complicated emotion with many roots... but it is also one that causes us to make the issues in a world personal and to work towards transformative change in our world. MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort, at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless you with tears, to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain to joy. And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. Amen NEW TO STORIED? Storied Church Linktree: linktr.ee/storiedumc JOIN OUR LISTSERVE: storiedchurch.org/connect YOUR GIFTS MATTER: storiedchurch.org/give storiedchurch.org instagram.com/storiedchurch facebook.com/storiedchurch Songs from Sunday Gatherings: https://soundcloud.com/storied-church-mebane Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgmDHRPhzLFxD-Oc8tiA4g