So That changes planets

They are but two words, but they literally mean the universe to me this morning as I prepare to plow youngsters' field' and begin to watch baby stalks of joy grow.

SO THAT, is what the words are. Two words to change the planet. Two words to save me, change you. Two words.

I will say this about that: For God so loved the world, He sent his only begotten Son, so that ..." Two words, vital words, critical words that will help us shape our day. Every day. No two words are so important that they can't be replaced, but my goodness these seem to be. No two words are so vital that they can't be substituted for two others, but my goodness these two seem to be. No two words, oh, you get the idea.

Try them this way. We have Vacation Bible School at the local church SO THAT
we can learn,
we can praise,
we can become what Jesus would have us learn, praise, become.

That's it. That's all the dang instructions.

We literally become little disciples of Jesus SO THAT we can become little disciples of Jesus. That's it. We become disciples SO THAT we can teach others to become disciples SO THAT others can become disciples SO THAT.

Ain't it a real hoot?

The ripples in the lake of love go on and on and on. This isn't some ancient Kum By Ya  stuff. This isn't some let's circle up and light a fire and stick some marshy stuff onto clothes hangers and see just what in the heck comes of it. No, sir. This is being held by the holy, changed in a moment SO THAT whether we ever get it again, we get it right this very minute in ways we will never, ever be able to explain it all.

No. No. We can't answer all the what happens next questions. Not this day. But when the sacred is torn from life, and we get to take another breath that we don't in any way reverse, we will be held by Him.  And that's the only promise that makes much sense,

This is offering a bottle of water to a parched person, and that person drinking half and the lights going off in their brain and their heart and they give the rest of the bottle to someone in Africa and on and on we merrily go giving what is needed where it is needed SO THAT ...

Oh, my. Do you see the possibilities? Feel the earth shaking now? Sense the mountains changing mountains?

Two words shaken not stirred, and eternity drips with excitement, heaven's beauty is rewarded. Two words and I propose that stars sparkle, I interject that moons reflect, and I tell you suns put on Dollar Tree sun glasses and bake themselves in pure joy.

We can't judge, so that God can.
We can't kill, so that God can.
We can't speak evil, so that God can.
We can't hate, so that God can.
We can't abhor (what a word, by the way), that so God can.
We can't rebel, so that God can.
We can't, so God that can.

And the ones who back the bigot truck to the front door wonder exactly what is the problem, but somewhere deep inside that roaring river that is the blood stream, they know, absolutely know their time as keeper of the planet is over.

We can't, so that God can.
We won't, so that God will.

It's over. The SO THATs have taken a lovely journey and the journey's end is this: We can't, but God can. He packed it all up, the playground is beginning to close and love is standing strong at the top of the monkey bars.

SO THAT we win.

I could go on and on and on, but I won't because it is useless. Just, well, useless. So that covers it all, like waterfalls on a terribly dry day, so that I don't have to scramble for air any longer. It's over. It's done. It's smacked. Whew.

So that...
I offer you time ...
to laugh,
to cry for joy.

So That wins. Has won. Will always win.

No words are so instantly rewarding, instantly recognizable, instantly -- and I absolutely mean instantly -- life-beginning, life-creating, life-giving. None. But we've found two that are close. These two are SO THAT ...

Two words, spoken, sang, screamed into a gale of garble SO THAT all we must do in the future is LOVE. 

No thought,
no proclamation.

SO THAT we can make disciples,
SO THAT we can love.