Greetings fellow Methodists!
I just wanted to drop a quick reminder that today, May 24th, is Heritage Day. It is a day for us to remember our roots as United Methodists and to connect with our Wesleyan brothers and sisters all around the world. Christianity has rooted itself in our lives in very diverse ways, but the one thing that always connects us across cultural and denominational lines, is our shared belief in Jesus Christ as sole Lord and Savior of us all. Those of us who have adopted the Methodist label are no better (and no worse) than any of our other brothers and sisters… but we also have a distinct tradition that has helped us all on our faith journey.
Let John Wesley’s journal entry from May 24, 1738 be a source of inspiration and meditation for us all today:
In the evening, I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Want to know more about John Wesley’s “Aldersgate Experience” and how it influences us still today? Click here.
