HELLOOOO...!
Scripture: Psalm 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You
gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
"Hellooo, it’s meee… Helloo, it’s meee.."
The story of Bright Stanley, the little gold fish, is favored by my
children. "Helloo, it's meee..." is Stanley's cry of distress as he seeks to be reunited with his friends (school) in the great bit ocean. As I read Bright Stanley to my children each
night, my heart breaks for little Stanley as he tries to find his way in the
vast blue sea. He is overwhelmed and his
experience is not much different from our own yearnings for clear direction in
life. Bright Stanley is vulnerable and
is forced to stare in the face of his own mortality as he tries to find his way.
Often as we think of Easter, we visualize the resurrected and glorified Christ who has all
power in His hands. Jesus was raised
from the dead and the Divine hope is for us to experience signs of resurrection
in our everyday lives. Resurrection is
not intended to be distant reality.
The truth is as we struggle in our relationships, as
we toggle the uncertainties of financial instability, as we stare into the face
of our own mortality, maybe we feel great anguish, maybe resurrection and new life seem very
far away from us.
Similar to the
Psalmist in our text, we are crying out to God, “Answer me when I call”…”Hellooo,
it’s me…!” Lord hear my prayer. Lord where are you? Where can I find you?
Prayer:
Oh God we cry out for you. Hear us when we call. We yearn for your touch, we long to see your face. Help us to recognize signs of your
resurrection in every aspect of our lives, especially when we feel lost and disconnected from your presence. Amen.
The Reverend Tiffney Marley
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