"We were driving down the main street of America
Young and free and so misunderstood
Looking for the exit sign, a place to ease our mind
Some kept movin' on and some would stay for good
On in this town"
This Town by Peter Mayer
Life is a journey. That, my friends, is quite the understatement. However, it is helpful
to be reminded of the transitional and transitory nature of all things related to life and living. Just when I think certain things are "set in stone" it becomes apparent to me that change is one of the constants of life.
I've always been buoyed by the passage from Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and for all time." There is an objective reality expressed in that statement which is not dependent upon our subjective manners of thinking and feeling. And yet, at the same time we are subjective by nature. Luther himself came up with the question, "What does this mean?" In other words, "How will it play in Wittenberg?" Now, I hasten to add once again the objective reality isn't dependent upon the pragmatic or subjective nature of things. However, we are flesh and blood, looking to understand and discern the mysteries of divine and holy realities.
How wonderful then, that Jesus came into this world not as an "object" but as a "subject" who set aside his royalty to embrace humanity, in all of its reality.
Peter sings of "this town." There's that "this-ness" again. And so, our journeys are not fluffy, speculative out of this world adventures, but lived out in the here and now, in this town, this place and this time.
As we travel we watch for "exit signs" "a place to ease our minds."
It doesn't matter if you're on ROUTE 66 or a country dirt road, I invite you to take time to watch for the "exit signs" to SING JOY!
Sing Joy,
Rtg
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