Wednesday 1 April 2020

COVID-19, April 1


Dear Church Family,

Nature abhors a vacuum. These long days, of being cooped up in our homes, can have a lot of empty space in them.  Maybe you are remembering, in some vague sort of way, that there was a time in your life when there weren’t enough hours in the day to do all the things you needed to do, let alone the things you wanted to do.

According to the laws of nature and physics, empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural. Wherever there is a void, the universe seeks to fill it. This applies also to those 24 hours that make up each of your days.  When we were kids, we didn’t dare say that we were bored.  We lived on a farm and mom and dad would readily assign us to chores that would relieve us of our boredom, tasks that often included a broom or a garden hoe, or (horror) a vacuum.

Today try to recall that list from years ago, the one where you had listed all those things you would do if you had the time.  Start the read-the-bible-in-one year; I’m sure there’s an app for that. Learn to play the guitar.  Take up knitting, or painting, or writing poetry, or reading philosophy.  I always wanted to write more, so that’s what I’m doing.

In the very first chapter of the bible, Genesis 1:28, God commands us to  “…fill the earth and subdue it.”  We call this the cultural mandate.  That command, to explore and develop and create and grow doesn’t come to an abrupt halt during the COVID crisis.

Honour God today, by filling your vacuum.
Pastor Rita

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