There’s A New World Coming

There is a wonderful story about a man who bought a used suit of clothes at the Good Will Industry store. In one of the pockets he found a fifteen-year-old ticket for a shoe repair job. The cobbler was still doing business at the old neighborhood location. So, as a lark, the man decided to try to redeem the shoes. When he presented the ticket, the proprietor looked at it for a moment and then disappeared into the back room. A few moments later he reappeared, saying very calmly, “They’ll be ready next Tuesday.” That sounds like many of us who have been working in this workshop we call “Church.” Some of us have been on the job for more than fifteen years and the shoes still aren’t ready. How much time do we need to get right with God and to repair our broken relationships? Time is running out for all of us. Death is always coming closer for all of us. Time has…