God as without cost. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]Whenever there are strings attached, there is a cost - there is a price to pay in
order to get whatever is connected to those strings. So we begin so many conversations
with 'if'. It could be that we say "if you do this or act like this or go here or
believe this - then, you will have this or that or get to be a part of this or that."
In many ways, people seem to be attracted to relationships that have strings attached.
It is as though there must be a cost - there must be something I must pay - there
must be I can or must do to complete a circuit of some kind. And yet, we are constantly
being reminded of a God who simply gives without anything on our side having to
add up to something first. Unfortunately, many religious voices try to have folks
add up to something before God will count them. Maybe that is how those religious
voices operate - but our God moves and acts without cost. In fact, I would say the
only strings attached to the Good News of God's Reigning love is the string that
God keeps using to tickle our necks so that we will turn to see what is available
for our life - without cost. It is there - when we are caught up in that which is
handed to us - that which trips up our thinking - that which turns on a light for
us, that we are inspired to see and hear the sheer gift God offers us - without
cost. That tickle - that awakening - is part of the power of God's Spirit that
is eternally setting up a new reality for us - without cost. Life as a whole new
reality has a pull to it that will go ahead and begin to shape our response. Therefore,
even if we think we do something to get something, not.
O God of love and new life, thrill us with your life you give endlessly. Amen.
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