Sunday at Saint Mark’s UMC was a good day. Many hands had prepared wonderful food to share. The depth and breadth of ongoing and emerging ministry were celebrated. Going “live” on the WEB was announced. A newly re-done Youth Grotto was open for tour. Worship and music took us to the mountain top. At the end of the day the Canticle of Evening Prayer came to my heart and mind… “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For God has looked with favor upon his lowly servant.” To be part of a place that is rising in renewal and hope is great joy. While there is always work to do, goodness can be celebrated along the way, just as is was today.
Morning Prayer rises in my heart at this early hour on Monday… just as the sun is rising above the horizon. “New every morning is your love, Great God of light, and all day long you are working for GOOD in the world. Stir up in up us a desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbor and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.” Mindful of God’s ongoing blessing in the work of the church, in the hearts of a people, in the life of a community of faith, I give thanks for the good day… the day that was and the day that is. The day that will be is yet a mystery in God’s keeping. But God is with us. And God will lead us to that good place if we will but follow. Thanks be to God!
