Here's a short bit to end the week - again William Willimon.
The one whom Israel calls Yahweh and the church knows as Trinity is so great as to be utterly personal, available, and richly present to us. This God is against detached reserve. "God never rests," says Luther, constantly pursuing, presenting to us. You can't get much closer to us, to the real us, than a cross.
"God never rests" therefore we are never alone and never forsaken and never without the power of creation with us. It is always a powerful image to see someone of great talent, strength, personality, wealth, influence, etc. step aside from that and be utterly present within the ordinary and available to those who may not have the sames skills or wealth or power - but they understand the oneness of our humanity that makes us so close to one another. God does not need to act under the cover of facades. Our God chooses to step away from the fronts and cover and make sure that we are aware of God's eternal presence even when we think no one else would be close to us or the world is really quite against us.
Connection: If God never rests - what does that mean for me? We probably will all deal with that reality in many different ways. It is good to talk about this for I may one day be in your shoes and I will need to know how this never-resting God was with you.
Come, Holy Trinity, come and venture into the deepest part of our lives and continue to lift us up so that we can see your future in our lives and begin to live anew. Amen.
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