This week: God as fear and great joy. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . God as fear and great joy is the realization that God is the future and we are being invited into that future that will not be ruled by the usual suspects of the day. That is how those two women went dancing and running into the time at hand. They were the beginning of what was to be - they were out front before the men of the group knew that there was an 'out front' of the Reign of God taking shape. God as fear and great joy is the experience of knowing Jesus is for real - alive and not simply a story. It is the power that is able to act like a new kind of humanity. Those women could not be witnesses - they were women and in that day - no way. And yet, when they come upon Jesus who greets them and is made known to them, there is no way they will give up their place as witnesses - the first ones - as was noted yesterday. God as fear and great joy is the life available to us today. No conditions and no boundaries - women are witnesses - we can be witnesses also - we can heal also - we can forgive also - we can make peace also - we can offer ourselves up to others for free also. God as fear and great joy stretches us and tears the curtain of the Temple because this God is now with us - running with us and filling our hearts with great joy and awe. O God of love and new life, inspire us to go beyond the places in which we think we must remain. Open up our lives to your Spirit that will not stop blowing into our lives to make all things new. Amen. |
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