Holy Monday
Photo by Brenda Greenwald
“Longer than shadows
Closer than emptiness
Oh…. Mighty this love
Oh…. Mighty this love
It led me to peace at the river
It woke me in the rage of the wind
Called me up to the mountain
back through the valley again”
Mighty This Love by Peter Mayer
On Sunday we had a donkey, a rapper and lots of Hosanna’s at
church.
Our donkey was named Tinkerbelle.
The rapper was Agape.
Our “hosanna’s” came from our hearts, our souls and our
minds.
Brenda’s picture at the top of the page captures the
shadows. We walk this walk in the valley of the shadow of death. We have shadows
from our pasts that compel us to worry and fret. Like Peter we hide in the
shadows of the present so as not to be identified as a follower of Jesus. We
will gather beneath the shadow of Jesus’ cross.
Peter sings,
Longer than shadows
He’s referring of course to this mighty love that takes us
on this roller coaster of a ride this week. Up and down, around and around,
screaming, hanging on for dear life, turning our bodies and stomachs upside
down!
This mighty love is also, “closer than emptiness.” This love
fills whatever we are looking for-more so than food, sex, alcohol, possessions,
religion and status.
We will have ultimate “peace at the river” but until then we
will experience
It woke me in the rage of the wind Called me up to the mountain
back through the valley again”
Blessings in the shadows,
rtg
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