ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
February 27, 2024 I took a quick flight to Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sunday night, spending only a short time in town. But after boarding the plane, I had an interesting experience. My seat was in the last row of the plane, and when I sat down, no one else was seated in my row. The plane was nearly filled when a family came down the aisle. They got to my row, and the man told me that I was in his seat. I pulled my ticket up on my phone, and he showed me his boarding pass. We were both assigned to the same seat. I must confess a moment of panic as the thought crossed my mind, “Am I on the wrong plane?” I had heard of people arriving at the wrong destination. Come to find out, according to the flight attendant, two people having the same seat happens more than you might think. With all the technology we have these days, it seems sort of strange that two boarding passes could have been made for the same seat, but I’ll take her word for it. In our Lenten Series: Pressing the Reset Button, I think there have been moments in my life when I thought I might need a slight adjustment (a different seat), only to discover I was going in the wrong direction completely. Of course, I was not on a plane to Florida, but a handful of times in life, I have been awakened to the fact that I needed to go in an entirely different direction. It’s hard to even come to a place where you can say it out loud. It is even more challenging to do something about it. As we look to next Sunday, I want to ask you to think about a time in your life when you found yourself needing to make a pretty dramatic turn (change/reset). What was the first emotion you felt? Was that emotion helpful or a hindrance to making your first move? We know that, according to Romans, we are called to your purpose. This is both a humbling and joyful thought until we realize what you have called the faithful to do throughout the centuries. Provide me strength, O Life-Giving Word, for whatever change might be necessary to join you in that good and just purpose. Amen.
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