Whatever you want to call it, you never know when it will come to you, how it will look, or from what direction it came from-- oftentimes it comes from out of the BLUE. But it does come. . . God's love comes to us from all directions, the Spirit of the Lord comes to us from directions that we cannot pin down. Jesus said that in John 3:8, that the Spirit blows where it chooses and we do not know from which way it will come.
So why do we trudge through life sometimes thinking that it will never come? That's God's mercies are finite, limited, in short supply? What a bunch of faithless pessimists we can be at times! It's as if we've never felt it before, as if we somehow think we cannot rely on the God of all hope. . . we have short memories I suppose, and a frail faith.
But then a hymn, a song sung by the faithful, a word of hope, a glimmer of truth that points to the ultimate truth in Jesus Christ sparks a heart-awakening movement within us. And where did it come from? From what direction? Who could have seen that coming? But it does come. And it comes to us. . . from God. . . looking nothing like we thought it would or should. . . in a place that we never imagined God might be. . . but there it is in all its fullness-- grace, mercy, peace, light, hope, LOVE.
Don't be surprised by it, but rejoice in it! Hold onto it, cherish it, for God gave his only Son to die for us so that we might live and live a new life of joy and love. Changed forever. Love comes from God-- because God is love!
For today or for tomorrow. . . for your Sabbath day. . . May your hearts be filled anew as you worship the Creator of the Universe; may the songs of the faithful congregation lift your spirits toward heaven; may the bread and wine/body and blood of our Lord Jesus fill you, nourish you, strengthen you and keep you in his grace. And may the God of love use your life to bring others to the love that transforms us into true disciples, followers of the light of the world. Amen.
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