THOUGHT FOR TODAY

"The Christian story speaks of the promising hope of Father, Son, and Spirit as something that does not expire, but rather, continues to transform generation after generation. "Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them," writes the psalmist. "I have learned from your words and acts that you established them to last forever." Personally I know how often I have lived with quite a different assumption, thinking that surely modern thought has improved this or that idea, only to find myself returning to things generations old with new intrigue. The story of one who takes creation so seriously that he joins us within it is one such idea I cannot seem to remove haphazardly from the shelf because it seems to defy the notion of shelf life. A God who can come that near and be that available, while remaining really God, is a gift that won't be outdated. It is the sort of thing that rearranges everything else on the shelf."  Jill Carattini, Slice of Infinity