Summer Ending With A Bang?

 I suspect that the hot weather is not completely done, but today sure felt and sounded different! Some time in-between 4:45- 5:10 this morning (hard saying because my eyes were blurry) as I was wandering around trying to remember what part of the coffee cup is the handle, we had a lightning bolt hit close to our house. When I say close, I can not go out to the spot and say here is where it was. All I know is that for a moment the entire house lit up and in that same instant we experienced a window shaking boom and the power all went out and then back on. That will wake you up (it certainly did Susan!)!

That experience can be a metaphor for our experience of God.   We might be bleary eyed and wandering around, not exactly sure what we are looking for, and then seemingly out of now where God shows up. How He shows up is as creative as He is. it is unique for so many people, but one way that seems to always get our attention is when we suddenly realize God’s love.

Realizing love begins with cognitive recognition. We begin to understand the love of God as he expresses it in various forms. Yet to fully realize it is not just an intellectual exercise. It is not a process of just thinking about it with our heads. Truly realizing it is to be suddenly immersed in the incredible light of it. It is to experience a shaking to the very core of our being of what it means and feels to have God love us. It is to wake us from our slumber.

This week we will take a look at God’s love, and maybe in our hearts we will experience a lightning bolt or two.

God Bless,

Pastor Chris.