Finding Our Way in these Exodus Days

 

Pat, Linda, and Sue ~ these three amazing women are my Jochebed (Moses’ mom), Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter in my life.  These three fiercely faithful women, all pastors, taught me so much and were the ones from whom I caught the love of God.

 

You see, Moses won’t be Moses without Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter.  Moses wouldn’t even exist!  He would have been another heartbreaking and soul aching statistic of Pharaoh’s fear-based policy. 

 

These three women share and shine their lights of love. They collaborate and cooperate with each other ~ maybe without even realizing it. 

 

Who are you collaborating with today?  Maybe on volunteer committees or in your neighborhood or with family in making plans for the holidays?

 

You collaborate with your church community.  Without you ~ we are not the “we” God calls us to be.  Without your voice, your presence, your light, and your love, our “we” is incomplete.  We are in the midst of our Stewardship Season at the church, the annual invitation to share time, talent, and treasure.  This is our opportunity for every “me” to collaborate and cooperate for the wider “we”.  You support our three covenants.  You support our vibrant music ministry.  You help make these morning meditations possible.  You help us pay the light bill so we can be a beacon or lighthouse to the community. 

 

If you have questions about the way you can share and shine your candle of love to create a greater light in our community, please contact me.  For the saints who founded the church, for the saints who call the church home today, and for generations to come, we have a story to tell about the power of collaboration and cooperation with each other and with God’s still creating love.  Thank you for your gifts that make all the difference in these days.

 

God, Your giving knows no ending.  Your grace never ceases. Your love never runs dry.  Help guide and ground our church in these uncertain, uncontrollable days.  Help us continue to be a place of refuge and faith and love in these days.  Amen.