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Mark
1:14-15
Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of
God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come
near; repent, and believe in the good news.’
Today
Do you know what kind
of world this is? Can you believe that today is extraordinary? Can you go
beyond the mind you have and truly see the wonder into which you woke this morning?
Despite
the bitter divides of the political realm, despite the dying and struggling
that goes on in every land, place and family, despite the injustice and denial
of mercy that wounds millions ... even helpless children longing for shelter,
this is a world in which the kingdom of God is present.
Many things seem to contradict such faith, but the energy
of God’s love is here and now.
You see and feel it in every act of grace, every small
mercy and every impulse to care and love. You know it every moment your heart
with gratitude yearns to cry aloud, “thank
you!” Thank you for the sacred gift
of life that animates our bodies and for every glimpse of light and color that
delights our senses.
The anger and bitterness that poisons so much of our
public and political life fixates our minds on the ugliness of the times,
poisoning our souls, hardening our hearts.
From this Jesus graciously calls us to repent, that is to
go beyond your present mind to a new mind, a new way of seeing, a way that must
be re-claimed each new day. Look beyond what divides. Look beyond the
bitterness of the news. Look beyond all that fixates the mind on what is small,
petty and divisive.
Look into your own heart and see the hunger for love and
beauty. Look at the beauty of flower and hear the laughter of children when
they are really being children, unperturbed by all that preoccupies their
elders. Look and see where beauty lies and what is graceful and good. Look and
see.
You live in a world where the kingdom of God, the living
presence of the Love, is alive and well. Look and see. Believe the good news.
Pr. David L. Miller
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