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Matthew 26:51 & 52
51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Yesterday we celebrated the 175th Anniversary of our beautiful church; Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg Texas. We gathered at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds and had a wonderful worship experience with the HAYWIRE Bluegrass Band and a delicious bar bee que meal. I wish you could have been there! 

175 years is a very long time. It doesn't just happen, it takes a lot of work. There were many church services, many seasons, many births, many Baptisms, many marriages, many Holy Bible studies and many funerals. All by the Grace of God. This church has witnessed and been part of a lot of change in the last 175 years. And the change keeps coming. Change from within and change from without. It's all part of God's plan. 

Last week we started our series titled; Seasons of Life and focused on the Flavors of Fall and the way change keeps coming like the changing seasons of the years. This week we will study how we want to ANSWER change. It's not about if CHANGE happens it's WHEN change happens. Like we noted last week it can gradually happen or it can happen in the blink of an eye and without notice. 

We begin this week at an event in the Gospel record when CHANGE was happening suddenly and violently. Jesus and His Disciples just had the Last Supper and the core of the group has retreated to the Garden of Gethsemane. After praying there the group is surprised by the Chief Priests, Elders and Judas. The Disciples and Jesus feel like they are being ATTACKED! Just when everything is going HAYWIRE, Peter responded accordingly in Matthew chapter twenty-six, verses fifty-one and fifty-two; "And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and SMOTE OFF his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall PERISH with the sword." Peter was swept up in the moment and reacted out of fear and gets a mini sermon from our Lord and Savior. Peter is a great example of faith for us and we can be encouraged that he is all too human and makes mistakes along the way. The rest of this week we dig deeper into Peter's advice for us when faced with change...

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