“Do not come any closer. . . . Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground”  (Ex. 3:5). This is a common quote that comes to the missionary as he or she leave home and enters another culture, encounters another people… There is a moment of holy silence in becoming aware of our new surroundings, but all of us, like Moses are called by name ~ let us “take off our sandals” in a symbolic way, and enter God’s life by establishing right relationships with God and one another. We will discover just how much our  lives are fragile gifts.

Let us embrace our profound dependence on our loving and merciful God, rejecting sin and rebellious pride ~ and celebrate instead God’s saving acts of justice and selfless love!

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