Scripture: Revelation 4:11
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.
Thought for the Day: Earlier in the week, I offered a quote from Anne Lamott’s book, Traveling Mercies. Sorry, but I’ve got another one:
There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture
where everyone is trying to look his or her best,
but you can see what a mess they all really are.
Those are some pretty honest and insightful words. A while back, I said in a sermon: “We humans have messiness down pat; we can do imperfection perfectly.” That is not intended to be heard negatively, for the charm of being human is that we are not God and were never intended to be God. Our journey is to search out and follow the Holy Mystery unveiled in Jesus. The path will be bumpy, and there will be a lot of stumbling, times of confusion, and a few outright failures. The searching, doubting, questioning, learning, growth and more confusion and questioning is strangely important.
Lent is the season of the year when the family picture – that is, the church family – doesn’t attempt to hide its messiness. It is the time when we are a bit more honest with ourselves and recognize that we haven’t been fooling anyone. It is our time to get real, cast off any facade we are wearing, and seek the true self God intended.
Prayer: Call me; invite me; draw me close. O Lord who first sought me, let me hear again your gracious and gentle request to a deeper and more passionate faith. Amen.
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