This week: God as 'coming through the door'. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com. There is no let us see. There is now. God as 'coming through the door' is already at hand. Now what?! Think of Antoinette Tuff, office worker in a school near Atlanta. Did she think that God would make an appearance right there in the school during her shift of work. God as 'coming through the door' was the dynamic between Antoinette and Michael Hill. She was caught up in the unexpected edge of violence and Michael was caught up in that spiral of mental illness that can change the world in the blink of an eye. There in that meeting God as 'coming through the door' we have be handed a witness to the power of the love of God that moves through ordinary folks each time our lives cross the path of others. We know not who they are or what they want or how the next moments will carry on - and yet God is present and we are invited into the realm of God's character - a love that will not let anyone go. God as 'coming through the door' can shake the foundation upon which we often bet our lives. For at one moment we think we are in control and the next moment, we are completely out of control. There in that 'coming through the door' it is time for God's Reign to rule and guide us. Wow - really - me as a witness to the fullness of God's Reign. Yep! Here it comes. O God of love and new life, may our hearts rest in your promises alone for it is there that we will be most able to greet you in whatever form you come to be with us. Come, O God of Life, come. Amen. |
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