On the Way to Wonder

Yesterday I wrestled with formatting Sunday’s service. For fun I added a musical prelude and mentally enjoyed hearing music as I enter church and settle my soul for worship. “Prelude: an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.” An introduction. The calendar for today, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. By Eleanor Roosevelt. You do not have because you do not ask…Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. James 4:2, 7-8” The prelude, that which comes before, impacts the direction life takes. The prelude thus becomes extremely important. As I draw near to God’s truth rather than to my own inner self-truth, I impact the direction of my day. Easter morning the women drew near the tomb thinking Jesus dead, but instead found a missing body. Easter evening they drew near to each other to share news and encourage each other in the face of the fear eating at their hearts and trying to be the prelude to their lives. I ponder what prelude I am playing in my mind as I enter today: the failures of yesterday or the voice of God telling me, “Peace be with you” because I am with you, even when you don’t see me.

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