Saturday, March 19
What
is Sunday?
This is the day the
Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.—Psalm 118:42
Sunday at Trinity has been a constant,
although a variable constant, meeting my needs and the needs of our family as
they change week-to-week and year-to-year.
Sunday has been a time for nurture, renewal, connection, growth,
challenge, fellowship and reflection.
Many of us live crowded lives, and I am no
exception. But it became clear to me
long ago that, as the demands on my time increase, the more I need to be
intentional about taking time away from everything else to work on my
relationship with God. Sometimes the progress is meager, at best. Sometimes I make no progress at all – but
even then, Sunday brings an opportunity to share in a community that is
accepting and supportive. This community
has been important over the years, and it has seen us through changes in our
lives, and sheltered and taught and nurtured our children, giving them a
foundation for their own lives.
Sometimes, all I can ask of Sunday is a few
moments of peace and reflection, usually in worship. This itself if a gift – just to reconnect
with a deeper longing and purpose that sometimes gets bypassed in the
day-to-day activities.
But sometimes Sunday brings a surprise gift –
moments of insight or realization that deepen my understanding, or challenge my
thinking, or open me to new ways of thinking about God’s role in my life. These gifts come in times and places that are
both expected and unexpected – sometimes a sermon that deepens my understanding
of scripture, or challenges me with a new way of thinking about old things, sometimes
in moving music, sometimes conversation or study in class.
For these gifts, I am grateful – grateful to
be able to be at Trinity on Sunday.
Paul Smith
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