Two Sundays ago, Renée and James B encouraged us to embrace Jesus’ invitation of Present Living and quoted the writer Walker Percy to encourage each of us to live in God’s gift of each day.
“To live in the past and future is easy; to live in the present is like trying to thread a needle.”
The Scripture for 3/29 was Mathew 6:25-27; 33-34:
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
Here is a reflection from “one of the Union flock” (as they identified themselves):
Threading the needle
At some point in the last 10 days I was relearning how to use a sewing machine in order to make masks. My eyesight has dimmed since the last usage. I got to the final part trying to thread the needle (literally) at the base but I could not for the life of me see the hole. Super frustrating! I just kept trying. I figured odds are I would eventually succeed aided by muscle memory of years ago. And I did.
I guess the metaphor for me is that staying mentally healthy, physically healthy and helping my community stay healthy requires repeated failures and frustrations—part of the process.