H2odevos p4p Lent 2013 “Everything
is Possible”
"Tried to run fast enough
Tried to fly high enough
Thought that I could dive deep enough
To lose your hold on me
The end of the road the bottom of the glass
The grip of fear that holds you fast
Lost in the valley no song to sing
When you're brushed by an angel's wings
And you're Still in One Peace
Still in One Peace
We are blessed we are broken
Given one more chance to be
Found in you we are
In One Peace"
Still in One Peace by Peter Mayer
I like
fortune cookies, especially ones that have Bible verses in them. We often hand
them out at church in a Bible study or as people enter the sanctuary for a
worship service.If we do
it at a service, I invite the parishioners in the sermon to open up the cookie
and then to read the passage/fortune to a person sitting next to them. Then I
ask them to listen to their neighbor’s passage. At times, people decide to
switch the verses. At other times they feel the passage they received is
precisely what they needed to hear at that time.
I like
the idea that “With God everything is possible.” Peter
sings about trying to run away from God. His words echo the thoughts of
Psalm
139:
O LORD, you have searched me and known
me.
2You
know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
3You
search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Even
before a word is on my tongue,
O LORD, you know it completely.
5You
hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is so high that I cannot attain it.
7Where
can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your
presence?
8If
I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are
there.
9If
I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of
the sea,
10even
there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.”
My hope and prayer today is that you will experience
that “with God everything is possible.”
Peace,
rtg
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