March 28, 2018
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 10 Have you not read this scripture:

‘The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;
11 this was the Lord’s doing,
    and it is amazing in our eyes’?”

Mark 12:10-11

Builders and vineyard tenants can be greedy.  It doesn’t take long before we say, “I deserve this.  Get out of my way.  I am better than you.  So I am going to take this from you.”

Political and religious leaders can be greedy.  It didn’t take long for them to say, “We must kill him, or they will reject us and we will no longer have power.”

Despite our need to design the culture and create our own agendas, God has a plan for us.  It won’t look like you expect.  In fact, you may find that the very thing you rejected is the cornerstone of God’s kingdom.

This is what the Lord is doing.

And it is amazing!  Open your eyes!

(c) 2018 Rev. Lil Smith
Retreat House
Spiritual Director and Supervisor

About The Author:

My simple life… is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I let God lead me. I have been married to Greg for 27 years and we have three wonderful children. My simple life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I let God take control. I followed God’s call to begin seminary at Perkins School of Theology in January 2006. I graduated in May 2011. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God’s call. I began the Degree in the Art of Spiritual Direction at San Francisco Theological Seminary in January 2009. I graduated in May 2011. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God's call. I was ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA and spent three amazing years in Pastoral Ministry at Highland Springs Senior Living in Dallas, TX. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God's call. My passion is the Christian Spiritual Life. As a spiritual director and retreat leader, I am so blessed to hear how God is at work in the world. How is God at work in your life?

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