We stayed up last night to see the
Chicago Cubs win the National League Pennant by beating the
SanFrancisco Dodgers 5-0 and winning the series 4-2. The Cubs will
open the World Series in Cleveland Tuesday evening against the
Indians representing the American League. I saw my first Major League
game on September 23, 1948 with the New York Yankees playing the
Chicago White Sox in Cominsky Park. The next day we saw the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the Cubs 4-2 in Wrigley Field. I am presently
up-to-date on having seen games in each of the current 30 Major
League Parks with Wrigley Field being by far the oldest.
We went to 8:30 Church to hear Rev.
Robert Henre give his sermon on “I am a United Methodist... Because
I Am a work in Progress.” He went on to tell of John Wesley's
distinctive understanding of God's saving grace. This incredible grace
flows from God's great love for us and was described by Wesley as
being threefold: prevenient grace, jusitifying grace and sanctifying
grace. Prevenient grace is God's active presence in our lives and
enables us to discern between good and evil and make wise choices.
Justifying grace points to the reconciliation, pardon and restoration
of our sins being forgiven and our relationship with God restored.
The process of salvation involves a change in us and may be sudden
and dramatic or gradual and cumulative. Sanctifying Grace is the
ongoing experience of God's gracious presence transforming us into
whom God intends us to be. Through God's sanctifying grace, we grow
and mature in our ability to live as Jesus lived. But, we are to
press on with God's help in the continuing path of sanctification
toward perfection. (It was a good sermon, but I had to do some
additional research. )
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