Legislatures passing a reform bill, delinquents sentenced to reform school, and going back to 1517, Martin Luther began his effort to reform the Catholic Church. Reform “means make changes in something, (typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.”  Martin Luther, a German monk and university professor, posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Catholic church in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther argued that the church had to be reformed. Most of us know about his efforts. My understanding is that he was NOT trying to create a Lutheran Church, a “Martin Luther following”, but rather to bring awareness to the “negative issues” within the workings of the Catholic church at that time and encourage reform. 

Many did agree and thus the Protestant Reformation began. Where was God in all this change?  Romans 12: 1-2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will.” Patterns can be changed, reformed, deleted, refreshed, restored, and meet the test and approval of God.  Let your reformative prayers be according to God’s Will. You are loved unconditionally, and His truth needs no reforming.

Jill