All of a Sudden   
  
   Our surprise pandemic was still the "one thing" when a social explosion in Minneapolis and around the country became the "one thing." We were prepared for neither.

   Worse destruction will come upon the world suddenly, and there will be no escape! 
1 Thessalonians 5:3. For in a single hour your judgment has come. Revelation 18:10. 

   In Matthew 19, a rich young man asked Jesus what "good thing must I do to get eternal life." After he claimed to have kept the commandments, he continued pressing. "What do I still lack?" 

   Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then come, follow me." Ouch! 

   Sorry he asked one too many questions, the man walked away sad. Another version has it, "There is one thing you lack." 

   We confess to a lack of desire for perfection, or to sell our possessions. Christians continue to grow spiritually, or we backslide. 

   Preferring to grow, while it is still day, we looked up the most faith-stretching statements Jesus made. We wanted to know, Was Jesus Serious? Really? 

   We will post our conclusions June 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26...and on June 29, the most difficult of all, telling "a mountain to move." 

   Maybe Jesus wants me to make room for "one thing," whatever it is.

   This I know. I don't want to regret loving temporary possessions more than Jesus, especially now that we know what He did for us. 

      Jimmy