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a season... / 07.20.09, 02:28 PM
we, as finite beings, are so bothered by the concept of time. it is so strange to me that i cannot slow it down; i am enraged by my inability to make it pass more quickly. it is a river that is cruel to anyone who tries to wade in it. only a day has passed since we began our ministry here in new orleans, or so it seems.
king solomon and i have a hard time relating. ecclesiastes holds many things, though, that i can relate to. it’s full of juxtapositions, hills and valleys, etc. chapter 3 talks about a time for every matter under heaven.
we’ve experienced a time of birth, with the bringing into life of irvin anderson bell.
we’ve experienced a time of death, with the passing of fathers, grandmothers, and close friends.
we’ve experienced a time of planting, when we planted seeds in God’s vineyard
and a time of plucking up, when God blessed us with the bounty of our harvests of corn, melon, and peppers.
we have killed many cockroaches =)
we have healed many of each others’ wounds
we have broken down the walls that our neighbors built up, often finding that we had walls of our own to tear down,
we have built each other up, encouraging and commiserating with one another.
we have wept with mothers who have lost children,
we have danced with our friends for a man named noelle on his way to glory.
we cast rocks from the soil of our garden,
we took the time to gather stones to fight our giants
we experienced times to embrace each other, and times where we had to hold back.
we have sought God, and gotten lost, and sought Him again, and gotten lost (etc.)
we have kept our commitment to one another, and we have cast away ourselves and many of our possessions.
we have torn our clothes in protest to the treatment of God’s people, and we have sewn our clothes together into quilts for mothers and babies.
we have been silent about many things, and we have spoken many truths into each other’s lives.
we have loved our God and the people around us, and we have hated the injustices of the city.
we have warred against the principalities and powers of this world, and we have found peace in the presence of God and the promise of His coming Kingdom.
there were days that we prayed, “Father, let the time pass faster!” but there were also moments when we begged, “God, just let us live in this moment forever.”
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i like this a whole bunch. i am blessed to call you friend!
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