Wednesday, April 29, 2015

SUZANNE

There are some tasks around the house nobody likes to do.  Making the bed, washing the clothes, cleaning the kitchen, and scrubbing the bathroom; these are all tasks that must be done. In our family, we divide them up. Our older son doesn’t like handling wet things. Loading the dishwasher and moving clean clothes to the dryer are tasks he detests. But he doesn’t mind taking out the trash or putting a load in the washing machine.  I marvel that he is so different from his brother who is much more flexible in his willingness to complete tasks.

Don’t you know that God marvels at us, his children, His creation? Psalm 139 speaks to how we are each fearfully and wonderfully made. God knows when we sit down and when we rise up, discerning our thoughts near and far. He knows when we walk a path and when we lie down, and He is acquainted with our ways.  Even before we speak a word, he knows our thought. 

There are spiritual tasks we must complete as part of our relationship with God the Father. Bible study, prayer, and personal worship are all part of building that relationship. 

Know that he marvels at us, his children, even as we marvel at those around us. Look for ways to build that relationship with God the Father, even if it includes completing a task of which you are less than fond.

For Central United Methodist Church, I am Suzanne Cain.