(I have not yet read Gladys Nutsack's novel but the cover and title so seemed to fit the post in an antithetical kind of way that I decided to include it here. If you are a Kobo or Kindle reader, you might want to look it up.)
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my
Shepherd, I shall not want.
I am thankful for this day and this quiet time. It is a lovely privilege to dwell in the word
of Psalm 23 and be blessed by the oil of peace, hope, love and perhaps even joy.
I look back through my journal and recognize the ever
present tendency to be “self”-ish, to think that I am the centre of something, to
make everything personal, and dwell on my own decisions, but the world and the
universe are so much greater than that.
I do look at the world from my little piece of
consciousness, but the world is not about me, it is about the world! The green hills of Honduras
are about the green hills of Honduras
and the people who live there, and that must also be true for the snow covered
fields of Eastern Canada. It is all best understood when seen from a perspective of
God’s love and peace, God’s generous grace.
The full meaning of the universe around us is
so beyond our understanding. Holy One,
help us remember to see in love and be generous, remembering Psalm 23, The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, and believe that.
As a statement, it is difficult enough to really believe and
trust, but what if that statement is understood as a promise? What if it were my promise, The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want? Is it possible to keep such a promise? Don’t we/I want all the time? Even in our/my better, less selfish moments, we/I
want peace, harmony, love, and security, we/I want...(selfishly), we/I want...God!
We are so “self”-ish, self-centred...self!
What if I/we were Godly?
What if I were "other"-centred? What
if I truly trusted, not just in this moment but all day long that The Lord is
my shepherd, I shall not want? What if
that were my promise? Could I keep it? For even one day? Would it change the world? No, but it might change me and how I look at
the world. It might be a starting place;
a beginning.
To not be selfish for even one day, to be a presence of
Holiness and Generosity would be a small gift to the world and to others. It is what Jesus did all the time.
May I/we be grace today.
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