The Reign of God as beginning here. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as beginning here longs for an old, old story to come to life in the moments we are entering. For us, this is not a mere act that we do that looks good or makes people feel warm and fuzzy inside or rings with the sound of justice or is full of forgiveness and hope. It may be all of those, but it is also grounded in a story. Some would say it is a story that comes up out of the ground - a story with history - a story that has been buzzing in the ears of people for a very long time - a story of character that is so deep and wide and full of a love that holds all things like a mother with a new born, that we cannot let it just be something in the air. So we call this character God. Others will have other names - even if it is the one we cannot name. The story is of the Reign or the Life that is made available as we walk along its paths The Reign of God as beginning here is the next chapter in a story so old we can only speculate on how it came to be but we can experience what it is always becoming. We are invited to be a part of that becoming. We are nurtured to become another character within God's Reigning presence. O God of love and new life, keep telling us the story so we will remember it all the days of our lives and make it a piece of ourselves. Amen. |
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