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Years ago, in the wide open spaces of the West, a little girl was baptized. The next day at school her friends asked her why. She said, "I was a little maverick out on the prairie. When I was baptized, the Jesus mark was put on me, and now everyone knows that I belong to Jesus." The word maverick was originally a man's name. Samuel Maverick was a Texas cattleman who for some reason did not brand his cattle. Because of that, an unbranded animal, especially a lost calf, came to be known as a maverick, and such a maverick could then become the legal property of anybody who would catch and brand it. We are all spiritual mavericks as we come on this human scene. We are lost as far as God is concerned, straying outside the boundaries of His ranch, far from the Father's house and home. But in His seeking love and mighty Word, the Spirit finds us and creates and implants within us the precious life that we call faith. . . . When the Spirit has branded us with this mark of faith, we are no longer mavericks but children in the family and household of God.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 450 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for November 23rd 2008
[Year A]
Proper 29(34)
Sundays after Pentecost
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 100
Matthew 25:31-46
Ephesians 1:15-23
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