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Pastor's Corner for Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hi Folks! Tuesday Night Meal at Za's tonight 6p.m.
THANK YOU for all the love, grace, and delicious food Sunday!! What an
altogether wonderful worship service. Thank you. Goodness. I'm not sure I
could have been more
proud, grateful, moved, inspired, overwhelmed, or weepy. It meant so much
to me. Thank you all so much. Everyone should get to have such a
day. Thank you.
Now you all need to come by to eat the cookies & bars that were left over!
- Tuesday Night Meal is tonight 6p.m. at Za's...the last one of the year!
- Yoga Thursday night at 5:30p.m.
- BLOOD DRIVE is Friday 11a.m.-3p.m. --- PLEASE call McKinley & make an apptmt to give blood!!you can call Jessica at 344-0297 or email her at j-harbeson@mckinley-church.org If there are not enough people to give blood it will be cancelled!!! IF YOU CAN GIVE BLOOD -- PLEASE DO. If you cannot give blood - please reply to this email as to what time you can volunteer to hand out cookies.
- Sunday is senior or finishing (in the next 12 months?) PhD -- come get prayed for - we know you need it.
- Sunday is CROP WALK!! Do you want to go for a nice long walk on Sunday? come on along!
A Morsel A Morsel A Morsel
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.He makes
me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;he restores my
soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk
through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and
your staff— they comfort me.You prepare a table before me in the presence
of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.Surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord my whole life long.
We know this Psalm. And by that I mean, we KNOW this Psalm. We know it in
our tired feet, our heavy eyelids, and our stiff back. We know it in our
scared, impatient, nervous, excited, hopeful, and wonder-filled minds.
Psalm 23 is often read at funerals and I think people think it is speaking of
the person who has died. I think Psalm 23 is actually for those who lived
through the dying and exhaustion of endings, and are gazing at the horizon line
of God's promised future of new life.
Check out Psalm 22; "I am poured out like water, and all my bones out of
joint". Maybe it is a little dramatic -- but it makes perfect sense
to me. Endings are so draining. The ending of the school year, the
ending of relationships, the ending of a season, the ending of life, the ending
of waiting, the ending of a job, the ending of grief, the ending of illness,
the ending of ________ (fill in the blank with whatever is ending in your life
- for better or worse).
I think Psalm 23 is the point where the endings of now start to shift towards
life for the future; abundant, new, and transformed life. One of my
favorite songs says "every new beginning comes from some other beginnings
end...". The sun starts to come up...you hear busy little birds
singing...you can see that there is something up ahead...and it looks
distinctly like God. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the
days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.
Maybe you are in Psalm 22 - maybe the 23rd - or maybe somewhere in the
middle. Keep leaning into God's future - today, tomorrow, the day after
that.
God is right there with you... ain't no stopping you now.
peace on your head,
prb
