This week: God as opposite. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]We follow. We do not lead. God as opposite reminds us - often gently and at times
quite abruptly - that we can have a life full of the wealth of God's peaceable Reign.
Too often when we try to take the lead in that journey toward peace it is by way
of warfare. We work for peace through waging war. We attempt to set things right
- the way we would have it be - and in doing that we cast stones at the ones we
call wrong - enemies - those people. God as opposite invites us to step alongside
those we would like to change and those we think are our enemies. In that movement,
we will find out something new - we do not know how to make peace. We only know
how to make a world we want to have. That, unfortunately never creates peace. God
as opposite brings us into the domain of peace by offering us a place at the table
with the stranger and the other. Rather than fight it out, we are encouraged to
experience each others company. In that way, we cannot lead because we will soon
find out that everyone wants to be the leader. It is then that we may become surprised
by how the Spirit invites us to rest and consider the way of peace that begins only
as we welcome the other and begin to see and hear all things with new eyes and new
ears.
O God of love and new life, let you Reign come down upon us and refresh us with
life that bring refreshment to all. Amen.
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