Sitting here on a beautiful Thursday evening, waiting for choir to begin, I happen to glance out the office door. I see a ton of garage sale books still in the vestry. I try to pass these books but they are calling out for attention. I am trying to unload books at this time in my life, not collect, but they are so tempting.
Each book has a wonderful secret life inside.
This is such a wonderful time of year, full of secrets. Full of untold stories yet to unfold. Mother's Day, or Christian Family Sunday, is a time when we can look back on lives filled with such mystery and promise - back to a time when our own hopes, like new born life, dared to break forth into the light of a new day.
Life is like this, is it not? Just when you think there is nothing new that can be said, no open door that can present itself, God has another idea. Such is the promise of Spring. Little ones come into our families through birth, new babies are baptised, and new leaders appear after such a long search.
Peter says in the reading for this Sunday that we continue to be born into God's love, like little ones. (1 Peter 2: 2-10)
By keeping our eyes on God, we taste and see that indeed God is good. When we share all these gifts, like precious stones, we add to the household of faith.
God indeed is so good, and we are blessed this week with answered prayer on many fronts - in our congregational journey, and in our lives.
Hug all your family this Sunday, wherever they are, and however strange they may look to the outside world. Build a really big table in your heart, and in whatever home you inhabit, that all might find and know that they belong.
In faith for a better world - Rev Jackie: Supply Minister
