August 19, 2022

Reflection

MESS

Mess happens.

We knock over a glass of milk.  We drop the box of Christmas bulbs. We leave the vegetables in the trunk of the car.

Mess happens.

We sin. We make mistakes. We say the wrong thing. We do the wrong thing. We promise, but we can't deliver.

Mess happens.

We don't have time to clean the garage or the cellar or the dishes and things pile up.

Mess happens.

Pat Livingston has a wonderful book entitled, "Bless This Mess."

Jesus jumped right into mess. He gets put in a buzz saw of a situation when they drag a woman to him. men want to stone to death because they catch her in adultery. He tells the story about a father of two sons - two sons who are very different. He runs into ten men with leprosy. He falls three times on his way to  his execution at Calvary.

Mess happens and Jesus can be found in the mess and mass of humanity.

It's called, "The Incarnation."

It's called "Christmas" - Christ being born in a messy stable - not the Inn Place.

It's called, "The Christian life."

It's called, "Humility."

It's called being made by God out of the mud of the earth and returning to the earth  30, 60, 82 years later.

It's called "War? and "The rumors of war.'

It's called, "The Evening News,"

"It's called, "The stuff or story."

Mess happens.