May 28, 2020
Good afternoon,
" May the words of my mouth and meditations of my heart
be pleasing to you O God,
You are my rock and redeemer . " Psalm 19
" Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down,
I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." John 21:25
Who do you listen to in your life, and especially during this pandemic ? Do you find comfort in the Bible, in newspapers, the Canadian Mennonite, TV news ? There are some pastors, like myself, who are writing daily or weekly blogs. I am trying to find my place, and some meaning in the events of these days. I have not found any great insights as I write these daily musings. But , maybe the journey of writing is the real meaning, and ultimate meaning or purpose is not going to arrive until later years or decades. I must just live into it.
Words and sentences ares still important. We live in a culture of images. They are powerful ways to change our opinions, insights and ideas. I take photographs, and so I know how one picture can change the ideas of people. But my photos are just a moment in time, and then I can change the visuals in just a few seconds. During the last few months, I have taken some pictures of painted rocks and sidewalks. The say something about the children and how they are feeling about the pandemic.
As I write ( or type ) words I want to explore the ways and acts of God. The Psalmist writer gives us the image of rock to describe God. Rocks gives us strength, endurance and they are everywhere ( especially in Palestine ). These might be the words that you are describing God today. We are looking for positive images to carry us to new places in God, Christ and Holy Spirit. The Bible does not give us everything. The writer of John says that he chose to leave out some of the stories, so the book about Jesus would not get too long. What did he leave out ?
We cannot write everything down that God is doing with us today ? Tell me three things that you have done, or heard or that you have written down during this time since March. What is the Spirit of God, that is hovering all around this earth, speaking to you ?
Prayer for Today
Dear God,
Adverbs, nouns, sentences, clauses,
All written to try and make sense of the
pandemic
and to find you
in
new ways, new spirits, new metaphors
new rocks, new tents, new vines and new breads,
new life.
AMEN
Fred
Tread on bold new paths !
Fireflies flash the direction
Hope springs eternal Monica Pieper Landoni 2020
Fred Redekop
Pastor
Poole Mennonite Church
Ponder Anew 