From the Pastor
A Little Love Note
Last October, my husband and I were searching for a physical outlet for one of our kids. She had two back-to-back broken arms, had not been in tumbling for months, and had gone through a big move, leaving her friends and the home she knew behind. She needed something that was missing. During this search, we discovered what we call “circus,” where they teach an aerial hammock class. Though nervous, *S was brave and walked right in, joining the class. The instructor taught her how to get into the hammock, and there was this moment when she went upside down that changed everything. I saw her face and body go slack, surrendering to the hold the silks tied together as a hammock had for her. All of a sudden, up in the air, held from the ceiling, she was able to rebuild a foundation again from which she can move and think and be.
Recently, I read in Meredith Miller’s book, Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have To Heal From a question that stirred in my heart for days to ask myself before I even begin to consider the faith of my children: “How are you, personally, feeling about your own journey of knowing God and discovering God can be trusted?” That is a question for all of us to reflect on in our faith journey into the love of God. To borrow the imagery from my daughter’s very physical experience of trust and surrender, sometimes I’m in the hammock and totally trusting and willing to let go, and in other moments, I’m going, going, going and finally notice that I’m very far away from the hammock, to be held and doing tricks safely. Sometimes, I’m strengthening and conditioning on the mat of life through my spiritual practices of Sabbath, prayer, and delighting in my identity as a child of God and the calling on my life to love all and extend God’s welcome in our neighborhood. How might you answer the question of your feelings right now on your journey of knowing God and discovering God can be trusted? How might you be curious about the one in whom “we live and move and have our being”? (Acts 17:28)
I pray you are well and would love to pray for you in specific ways. Please text, email, call, or visit in person so I can do that with you.
Love, Pastor Melissa
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