March 17th - Reflection

Reading
Psalm 53 (NRSV)
Restoring our fortunes

Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God."
They are corrupt, they commit abominable acts;
there is no one who does good.

God looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.

They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.

Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

There they shall be in great terror,
in terror such as has not been.
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;
they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

Reflection

There is no God? A short walk in the night would make one wonder at the wisdom of this statement. Stare at the stars, or look through a microscope. There is no God?

See how the grass grows...Observe a babies smile...Watch a sunset...See a birth...Pray a prayer...Watch a baptism...Take communion...Repeat the Apostle's Creed...Open the Word...Give an offering...Work in a shelter...Confess your sin...Talk to a pastor...Talk about faith with another...Visit the sick...Serve the elderly...Sit in quiet...There is a God! Thanks be to God!

Prayer

Lord, fill me with the wisdom to see your face in this place at this moment. Fill me with your Love and teach me to pray. Send me full of your Spirit to serve. --- Amen