Greetings from Chuckatuck on the vernal equinox and the beginning of spring. We have continued our journey in Lent and have broken new ground of sorts. Worship is slightly changing in the practices we observed today. We had some on-site visitors outside worship – a couple ladies doing research on nutria in the pond. We had an opportunity to introduce one of them to a study subject (who had gotten into an argument with a car) – the first time she had ever seen one in the wild. It confirmed what we already knew, the breadth of our fauna is larger than we imagine. We offer prayers for you as winter turns to spring.
In worship we gathered to remember our faith journey in this period of Lent. Our first reminder of the counterculture our true nature is came when the collect writers reminded us that we have no personal power to save ourselves. God alone is the source of our salvation. Our Hebrew scripture reading from Exodus was Moses’ interaction with God at the burning bush and Moses’ call to minister for God with the Israelites. Moses received the mystery of God and carried it with him as he led the Hebrews. Our Psalmist sang that God is the one that feeds our soul and gives us true water. Because God is with us we must give thanks and praise to God. Our gospel reading from Luke was a reminder that there are no grades to the things that happen to us – bad things happen because. But when we repent and return to God we find the strength to survive.
Our sermon was roughly based on the gospel reading and Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. God, who has been with humanity since creation, will be with us until the end. God’s promises haven’t changed in our lifetime We have been assured by God that it is God’s strength that will help us in our trials or help us out of our trials. All we have to do is choose to trust God’s promise.
I invite your comments,
Les+
Readings: Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9
Video of worship: https://youtu.be/pRfFeGfg9-k
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