Let's end the week with more words of hope.
Propositions count as true if they correspond to the reality which can be checked. But hope's assertions of promise often enough stand in contradiction to the reality of present experience. The assertions are not the outcome of past experiences they are an invitation to new ones. Their aim is not to illuminate the reality that already exists; they want to explore the possibilities ahead. Unlike every other perception of reality, they do not aim to be reality's train-bearers; they want to run ahead with the torch.
Hope leans forward. There may be many things that can be proven to be true but hope does not settle for what can be shown to be true, it leans forward and pulls us into what is not yet. Within religious communities this may be one way to check and see what it is that holds the life of the community. Is it the Lord of the future who is arriving today with new life or is it the Lord of yesterday who leans backward on what was and what has some history to it. I find that living in hope takes what was and what is but is able stretch out into what is yet to be and there we find an openness for life that is beyond our expectation but always within the vision of Reign of God.
Connection: We know what can move us through this day because we know routines and patterns and what will pass as life. But now...lean forward and live a new life.
Lord of the Day to Come, you are the rock upon which we stand and the rock from which we leap into your future. Encourage us to leap for you will be our rock in every time even when we cannot see clearly into what will be. Amen
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