January 31, 2025
It’s already the end of January in the New Year of 2025. We’ve made it through the elections and inauguration, celebrations and frustrations, and all the attendant responses to the changing political landscape. The old adage, “Be Careful what you wish for, you might get it”, may be appropriate in this era of change. Both politics and weather seem to be erratic and unpredictable, our anchors planted in shifting sand.
Fear and anxiety walk hand in hand down the road of uncertainty. We, the people, voted for change and hoped for a course correction in the dialogue of overspending and rampant national debt, yet the need to provide assistance to the impoverished and ignored continues to be great. We are called to care for the least of these, regardless of race or religion, color or cause.
It is a tenuous balance of needs and opportunities, support and encouragement, as we strive diligently to follow the commandment to “love our neighbors as ourselves”. Our bedrock beliefs inspire and command us to care for the last, the least, and the lost, and to provide for widows and orphans.
The old familiar hymn intones “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand”. It is in times like this that our faith must anchor us firmly in Jesus, the Christ, who walks with us through these troubled times.
As we have put away the trappings of Christmas, the tree and the candles, the paper and presents, as we’ve sung the last Carols, now the real work of Christmas has begun. Amidst the turmoil of today and tomorrow, let us build on the legacy of love and concern that is a hallmark of our Christian faith. May we embody the giving spirit of Christmas in our lives and actions. We are the hands and feet of Jesus in this time and place. May we serve him and honor him, this day and always. Amen
Blessings and Peace and Love,
Pastor Dave