I Must Have Been Busy
Indeed! It's been a while since my Sunday blog. I guess I have been busy. What a wonderful parish. Each day I have had at least two people out for Morning and Evening Prayer at 9am and 4pm respectively, and Wednesday I had 6 people out in Centreville. The Daily Office is a wonderful way to meet people as well as worship the Lord in the traditional way of the life of a parish. Each time after scripture there has been a connection with what has been discussed or is important to highlight. Since that statement is cryptic I will give you two examples:
Both came before my evening services. The first was a conversation about the church building which led to a memory about Good Friday and a special cross which is annually carried by the youth. What was our reading for the evening? The Crucifixion!
The second example was a conversation about a man whom I visited and helped, who had $3 a month for food. YES that is correct and verified by his social worker... $3 a month for food! That being of course after all his expenses such as Hydro, phone, lot rent etc. The parishioners and I spoke of poverty and of the harsh reality that the government doesn't seem to know what to do and lacks the compassion for people like this gentleman. What was the reading? Psalm 10! I encourage you to turn to the psalm and hear the words of the psalmist who convicts Satan and the principalities and powers that wear on the poor. Yet the psalm also speaks of the faith of the poor and that was evidenced in the actions of the park supervisor, who after this man was evicted, took him in to his already crowded home and treated him as he would a brother. This is the mark of Christ this is the Good News in action. Seriously read Psalm 10!
As you can see my week has been filled with visions of God's work in action and his confirmation of his presence in the coincidences which I have already named as "his doings". Godincidences are really us looking for Christ in our lives. My job is not just to pray and lead worship, visit at the bedsides or in the homes, but to bring people to an awareness of God in their lives and to confirm his presence in small coincidences such as the ones above. Are they earth shaking? No. They are just the quiet reassurances that God is ever present; Christ making himself known.
Blessings
Both came before my evening services. The first was a conversation about the church building which led to a memory about Good Friday and a special cross which is annually carried by the youth. What was our reading for the evening? The Crucifixion!
The second example was a conversation about a man whom I visited and helped, who had $3 a month for food. YES that is correct and verified by his social worker... $3 a month for food! That being of course after all his expenses such as Hydro, phone, lot rent etc. The parishioners and I spoke of poverty and of the harsh reality that the government doesn't seem to know what to do and lacks the compassion for people like this gentleman. What was the reading? Psalm 10! I encourage you to turn to the psalm and hear the words of the psalmist who convicts Satan and the principalities and powers that wear on the poor. Yet the psalm also speaks of the faith of the poor and that was evidenced in the actions of the park supervisor, who after this man was evicted, took him in to his already crowded home and treated him as he would a brother. This is the mark of Christ this is the Good News in action. Seriously read Psalm 10!
As you can see my week has been filled with visions of God's work in action and his confirmation of his presence in the coincidences which I have already named as "his doings". Godincidences are really us looking for Christ in our lives. My job is not just to pray and lead worship, visit at the bedsides or in the homes, but to bring people to an awareness of God in their lives and to confirm his presence in small coincidences such as the ones above. Are they earth shaking? No. They are just the quiet reassurances that God is ever present; Christ making himself known.
Blessings
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