My friends, if we pursue change in the ways Paul pursued change with Philemon, not only will we be more successful in achieving the changes we pursue, but also we will actually see, WITNESS, the in-breaking of God’s kingdom in our midst. Isn’t that what we want to see? I sure hope so.
We live in an amazing and critical time. We live in a time in which so many people are open to change, so many people are pursuing change. This amazing and critical time, it can lead to something wonderful or it can lead to something disastrous. And we – WE in the Church, we who follow Jesus – we KNOW what will determine the course of this change; we know what will make the difference between disaster and wonderful. We KNOW the answer is love.