Greetings to you…trophy of God’s grace…in the beautiful, wonderful, powerful, and redeeming name of Jesus Christ – THE Risen Savior! What a beautiful morning in the Kingdom and we declare—“this is the day that the Lord has made, we will be glad and rejoice in it!” I trust you have enjoyed your week and have experienced God’s presence and the gifts-surprise-provision that He is known for. Has God used you this week to touch someone’s life? Have you been faithful to pray for those who need God’s grace? Have you heard the applause of the nail-scarred hands? Today I will be praying you, asking Father to refresh you physically, spiritually, and emotionally…may His joy give you strength…may His grace keep you going forward.
I had opportunity to overhear a conversation between two friends in a waiting-room. In the midst of the banter and lament over living-out the “new normal” there was one word that kept being repeated to describe their circumstance. The word was a simple way to define the monotony of their routine. It was the word “again”…and they used it – again and again!
I got to thinking of how wonderful the experience of “again” is. Have you ever heard the song…”Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life” or how about…”I keep falling in love with Him(Jesus), over and over and over and over again”. Even we make our daily declaration of “this is the day that God has made”…again is implied….but not with monotony. In Matthew 13 Jesus told seven different parables to tell the truth of the Kingdom of heaven…again and again. Jesus taught His disciples to pray…”Give us this day…” again and again. God seems to be into the experience of “again” and it is never monotonous. Just think of how He orchestrates the seasons…the beauty of the flowers…the cycle of life…again and again.
We have a tendency to get bored – imagine if you had been forty years on a camping trip through the desert and had to deal with over 43,000 meals of “manna” with a few quails added in. Here is an interesting quote to consider…For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony, but perhaps God is strong enough t exult in monotony. We have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we. – G.K. Chesterton. God, I believe, enjoys the experience of ‘again’. He even perpetuates the ongoing expressions of ‘again’…and will do until He sends Jesus …’again’ and restores creation. Until then, listen to the advice of an old saint…”Rejoice in the Lord always, and “again” I say ‘rejoice’!”
Something to think about…be blessed!