Monday, March 25, 2013

palm reading


What are we to make of this so-called "king", Jesus? How are we ever to make sense of what he said and did? With all the noise around us, will we ever be able to hear the truth that comes to us from our unread Bibles? Certainly we don’t really think of Jesus as our king at all. Certainly we couldn’t make time to find out about these things. 

We’re entirely too busy. The king we now hail is busyness. Our king today is image. We are ruled by media and bow down to it each night. Our prayers are posts and tweets, hoping someone, anyone might notice. Praying to cyberspace, the mythical god of the 21st century. And what an uncaring, cruel god this is. Where photo shopped reality distorts the essence of life beyond recognition.

God's remedy?  For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: but you would not. Isa. 30:15

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