Last week was one of organized chaos. I did my best controlling all the things that were going on and in the process I was reminded about something important; things work out better when I let God take control.
Last week I had no car and was dependent on others to get me to the places I needed to be. That one thing really disturbed my normal routine as I had no time to read my bible and reflect on the passage I read. I tried to find other times, but my life being what it is right now there just wasn't any other time. Well, I got a car back this past weekend and already I'm feeling a difference as I have my usual 30 minutes in the morning to read, reflect and respond on the lectionary passages for the week (I just made that up, the 3 R's of bible study).
So this morning I went straight to the Psalm for the day. As some of you may know this Sunday is Pentecost. Pentecost is considered by many as the birthday of the Christian Church. It's also one of my favorite times in the life of the Church as we get to celebrate how the spirit of God is with us and helps us to better understand one another. As the week goes on we'll talk more about Pentecost. Today I want to talk about the Psalm for this Sunday.
Verses 24-35 of Psalm 104 keeps with our Easter theme (yes, we're still in Eastertide) of God being greater than one can possibly imagine. The Psalm is once again filled with images of God being everywhere and in everything, helping me to realize that humankind is not the reason for the world's existence. Rather humankind is a part of things, no more, or less, important than any other part of creation. To prove this point verses 25 and 26 puts together innumerable things both great and small with ships and the Leviathan, all using the vast seas for "sport".
Maybe it's just me, but I smiled at the thought of people on a ship being accompanied by dolphins and sea turtles playing in the open sea with a very large sea monster. You know what, though, that's what my week was like last week. The only thing missing was my realization that God was the reason it was all happening. I did the human thing and made it all about me and that's what I now believe made my week as hectic as it was.
This week should be - no, will be - a better week. I will make every effort to put God first in everything I do and in that process I'm sure any sea monster that happens to pop its head up will do so only because it wants us to play catch.
No comments:
Post a Comment