Monday, February 8, 2016

Homemade Boxes

Monday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time

The Temple is ready to be dedicated and ‘the ark of the Lord and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels” will find their new home in the holiest part of the Temple.  It is ribbon-cutting time!  God has a new and grand home.  Finallyone that is stationary so that God can stay put!  22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep are sacrificed for this momentous occasion.  Interesting fact:  archeologists have discerned the elaborate drainage system of the Jerusalem Templea system that could handle that much blood!

And then we have the contrasting movement of Jesus.  In and out of boats, wandering to different ports, trekking through a multitude of countryside villages, Jesus is meeting and healing as he goes.

I’ve been thinking about where to focus this Lent.  1 Kings offers a cautionary tale.  The impulse to put God in a box of my own making is, no doubt, a perennial temptation.  I can even make the boxes look real churchy;)


Pray for me

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