Reflections From Sunday Evening

Most of us find it difficult to be in two places at the same time. We wish we could be. It seems there is always more to do. But we are limited to one place at a time. We may be limited to one place at a time but we are capable of being different things. That is consistent with Christianity. Christian faith includes multiple expressions of life in the same people at the same time in the same places. For instance Christian faith includes people who are a mixture of good and bad. We express a faith of justice and righteousness. We are saints and sinners when we gather together. We are part of a kingdom that is present and not yet. In the whole experience we worship a God who is three in one. To our God we offer ourselves. We bring our mixture of hope and anxiety, faith and fear. We bring all of who we are and the entirety of life to the God who is all in all. We marvel at the love of God, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. As we enter this Advent season we bring all we are to the God who is all. We are beginning this season of preparation with hopeful expectation. We have this expectation that God takes us with all our hopes, dreams, fears and anxieties and pulls us together in a redemptive way. It's been a good day. I hope you've had a good day too. steve