Lettuce, no, Let Us

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Forty-four couples are enrolled in a marriage and family class at our church.
Our motto...Let us cherish one another.

Listening to a Bible Study Fellowship lecture last week the speaker said, there are a lot of lettuces in the Bible.  Oh, this English language can be tricky.

While visiting the nursing home with some of our grands, a cut on my finger opened up and when the nurse came by the room with her medicine cart to check on my father in law, I asked if she had a band-aid I could have. She said, "Certainly, would you like alcohol?"  Our precocious, five year old grandson was standing there and chuckled, "Alcohol!!!"  I'm still laughing. He thought the nurse was pushing around a cart like on an airplane and offering me a drink, not an antiseptic pad. This language can trip you up.

The BSF speaker meant that in the book of Hebrews there are lots of "Let us" challenges in the Bible.

Let us draw near to God,
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess
Let us stir up one another to love and good works
Let us spur one another on
Let us hold fast to our confession of truth
Let us encourage one another
Let us gather together with our family in Christ
Let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely
Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

It only takes two people to become "us".  Genesis begins with a lot of "let us" quotes.
"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."  Genesis 1:26
Jesus was part of that "let us".

As the body of Christ, let us take hold of some verses from the Psalms
"Let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!" Psalm 95:1

"Let is come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!" Psalm 95:2

"Let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!"  Psalm 95:6

"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

"I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the Lord!'"  Psalm 122:1
 

Let us be like Jesus and love one another!
May this be the best Tuesday you and Jesus have every had together!





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