Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:4
…a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Thought for the Day: Many people think of September 11th as a day for mourning and quiet reflection, yet what happens when September 11 is also the birthday of the one you call your spouse. In my household, this is a day of celebration. This is the day the woman I love was born. Too often we try to compartmentalize our lives as ‘either this or that,’ but I think most of our lives are a bit more complicated and less able to be held within limiting constraints. Even though the author of Ecclesiastes appears to portray each diverse emotion as being bound to one specific time while the others had to wait in line, I’m guessing that wasn’t exactly the intention. So if you see me today and I am smiling, don’t think I’m being disrespectful. Like you, I still feel the emotional and gut wrenching grief of that day, yet I view the goodness of my wife’s birthday as a reminder of how God is capable of revealing hope in the middle of the darkness — that even the darkest of moments, God and the goodness of God remain. Or as John’s Gospel suggests, the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not over come it.
Prayer: Lord, this day has the potential for healing and transformation assuming I look to you and the light of your hope. Amen.
SUNDAY’S SERMON
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Let us be glad and rejoice…on Donna’s birthday. HAPPY, HAPPY Donna.