Dear All,
July trundles on………. I wonder how others are finding these weeks – I feel it is ‘going on a bit’! I think I long for a ‘normal’ summer – without mention of COVID, infection rates, delta variants & so on. Our theme today probably reflects something of this. It is really just thoughts about daily living – questions, answers ………… I hope something might resonate with you. If not, please ignore!
Our blessing this week is ‘Song of Blessing’ by John Glynn. We will pray it for all of you.
With our love
Thoughts on the Way.
As we make our way out of what the last been months have been,
I don’t know whether I have become
more holy,
more obedient,
more prayerful.
I doubt there is
more
now
in spite of all my efforts.
But there are more
people on my way
struggling like me and
sharing their inadequacy & their triumphs
like me.
That helps.
The Kingdom is Near
by Kathy Galloway
Here,
among the pots and pans,
Now,
kneaded and rolled into apple pie
fragrant and warm and spicy.
Here,
around the kitchen table,
Now,
present to all the hurts and injustices.
Here,
in the dance,
weaving patterns of conviviality and resistance.
Now, open house, open hearts.
Here,
listening, respect, encouragement,
Now,
right relationship is not postponed.
Here and now.
Only this.
It is enough.
ANSWERS
Thom M. Shuman.
When eternity comes
maybe God will sort it all out:
the unanswered questions
that keep us awake at night;
the undeserved suffering
that pains us;
the brokenness which
no matter how hard we try,
we cannot mend.
Someday, when eternity comes,
maybe God will sort it all out
but until then
we know:
love showered earth
when Jesus came,
and flows from us to others;
hope was planted in our hearts
and we wait for the harvest;
joy became our soul’s companion
and yearns to walk with us;
grace was the gift
we cannot exchange;
and these are all the
answers we have
until eternity comes.