Five Minute Friday: Messenger

"Don't Shoot the Messenger!" the warning often leaves the lips of the bearer of bad news.  Why is it that the message become inextricably bound up in the messenger?  Why is it so hard for most of us to disassociate the message from its messenger?

The message I'm glad I get to be associated with is the best message of all, though.  Bearing good news is something we do gladly, willing to associate ourselves with our news.  Paul says in Corinthians that we are ambassadors of the gospel of reconciliation.  What a wonderful thing to be associated with! We get to be the bearers of good news!  We get to be involved in the great reconciliation process -- reconciling a lost world to a Loving Savior!

What gladsome tidings we bring!  What a great thing it is to be a messenger of the King!