NEW THINGS/ REALLY!

Look, I am about to do something new.

Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it?

Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and path^] in the wastelands.

 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches,

because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands,

to quench the thirst of my chosen people,  the people whom I formed for myself,

so they might praise me.

Isaiah 43:19-21

 A new thing. How many more new things can God do?

COVID? Isolation? Shootings? Gas prices? They are all some new things we have had to deal with in the last three years. But what else is new? New ways to communicate with our families through face time, Zoom meetings from business to Bible Study, increasingly faster ways for scientists and doctors to furnish vaccines. 

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, speaking as an “old dog,” I have had to learn a number of new tricks these past few years, but some of them have been pretty neat. I can now watch all of my grandson’s concerts performed in his college in upstate NY while sitting at my computer in my living room. Last Spring, I even got to be in a practice room in Maryland, along with his Dad and his private teacher, while he tried out two new tubas. His teacher was in NY and I was in PA. Would all this have been possible three years ago? This “old dog” might have rebelled against the process. 

We have all had to find new ways to do things, new ways to protect ourselves, new ways to worship and interact with our fellow Christians. 

The older we get and the more we experience, the more we see new things happening around us. We have to remember that some new things are a result of old wrongs. But we also need to remember that God is the Author of all good things and is never finished with Creation.  God really is good – ALL the time!

Thank you, God for all the good you are always doing in our world. Help us to look for the good in everything that comes our way. As you reach out to us with your healing touch, may we always extend that love and healing to all those struggling with new and sometimes frightening things. We ask all this in the name of our Healer, Jesus Christ.

                                                                                               Sue Uzelmeier