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Peaceable kingdomTuesday, December 3, 2013
Isaiah 11:6-9 What's wrong with this picture? Well ... nothing. What's wrong with me that I don't live in the peaceable kingdom every moment of every day of my life? Jesus does not invite me to do the impossible. He wants me to do what he does, and he shows me how. "Follow me," he says, and "you will do greater things than I" (John 14). There are just a few days of Advent, and then ... In the morning of every one of these days Jesus asks me to say "yes" rather than "no." As Jesus did on the hillside, often before dawn, I learn to say YES by listening. Waiting for God's whisper. I am not in a hurry now - no hurry to have my way, to make my way in traffic, to be first or right. No hurry. God is good, and I have all the time I need.
In the twinkle of your eye, Lord, you make me and hold me and fill me with your spirit. Your wild wholeness is holy and finished. Untamed. Perfect. So beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKwD34ZWvV8&noredirect=1 (Twila Paris sings "How Beautiful) |
Jesus invites us to the Kingdom of God. Peace, justice and love rest in deep layers on this kingdom. They are what I breathe. God does not disguise himself or hide in the bushes to spy on us. We do not run from him or worry when he looks us in the eye.