In the Gospels Jesus is portrayed as a border-crossing man.
He went from Galilee to Samaria and back again. He traveled extensively in the
region, and stopped in villages, cites, at the seashore and on hillsides. He
brought blessing, healing, and wisdom.
Are you crossing borders this summer? Are you traveling
across provincial boundaries, or national borders, or into parks? I wonder what
it calls out of you to go to a different place: patience perhaps, or wonder or
concern.
Perhaps you are enjoying the pleasures of our city this
summer. Sunshine, thunderstorms, friendship, family, farmers’ markets: what do
they call out of you?
Perhaps again this is a season with a different kind of
border crossing. There may be a loved one who is looking toward the final
crossing, the mystery of dying. May the blessings of our eternal loving God be
with them, and you.
Maybe the border this summer is a line you drew in the sand
and now the change is a household change, or an adjustment in your identity.
Peace to you.
In all the borders we cross, God goes with us. Jesus went
all over the places around him, with blessing, healing, and wisdom. Please
trust that we are praying for those spiritual gifts to rest on you.
Blessings,
The Rev. Dr. Catherine Faith MacLean
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