Last night pastor Joe Campbell ministered on being dropped. Like dropping a baby on it's head. Or being dropped by someone you love. He used Mephibosheth as his example. How his nurse dropped him leaving him crippled.
The name of this young man means literally from the mouth of shame. Evidently, when he was born, his parents felt an overwhelming shame and they put that on this son. Mephibosheth lived in Lo Debar. This town's name means literally, no pasture. It was a place where you went if you had nowhere else to go. It was the end of the road. No future living in Lo Debar.
David lifting up Mephibosheth and making him like one of the kings sons is a picture of how God deals with us once we are saved. Jesus makes us sons of God with all of the rights and privileges that come with that.
Pastor Campbell brought a great word to a needy people last night.
While it was a blessing to be a part of the Prescott church for many years, I felt that after my wife died, the Prescott church dropped me. I never felt so lonely and alone as I did living there. Very little support. Feeling isolated and alone. Suffocating in memories.
So I live here now. I have never been so appreciated and accepted and encouraged as I am here. SA is my home now.
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