Fog

Good Morning to an overcast Friday in Seattle. Yes, I know that is Seattle, Washington's trademark. What if I said good morning to and overcast church. That the church is always foggy. It's hard to see anything, because my vision will only allowed me to see so far. Therefore, I will have to wait until the fog clears up, before I can make any real adjustments. Will you leave Seattle because of the overcast? Will you leave church because it's always foggy? Would you move to a place that is always overcast? Would you move to a "Church" that is always foggy? As you already know, that different weather climates forces us to make real adjustments, for us to feel more comfortable, some more than others. However, in the "House of God" we struggle with making adjustments, to the exposure of the climate inside the church. Why? Is the House of God the same as the change of seasons and tempertures? In the book of Job, right at Chapter 40 verse 1: The Lord then said to Job: Will we have arguing with the Almighty by the "critic"? Let him who would correct God give answer! I just love that, the way, this invisible person by the words he chooses, the "space" in which he provides the climate of the entire Book of Job.

 This is what's missing in our lives, boldness, we miss the point, whether it's overcast Seattle or foggy as we enter the "House of God". We often miss what is right in front of us. It's not about who is standing on the pulpit, but the feet thats entering the wide open space in the temple, and the moment to explore and experience, what God has freely given us. Space has a language that words alone cannot describe. Before those inspired words of God was written down, there had to be space, without it, there would be no words, nor pictures. The building that you are in right now, guess what? If there is no space, there is no building. A lot of times, we focus on the foundation that something is constructed on top. Jesus mention three times in the Bible about this "rock". I would encourage you to read: Matthew 16:13-20 because just in those verses is some very important information, that we often overlooked. The rules to engage and read applies the same in the Bible also. You read what is prior and what is after. Prior to these verses is the "Leaven of Bread" and afterwards is the Prophecy of the "Passion and the Resurrection". Jesus decides to plant a "rock" right in between these two passages, while we take verse Matthew 16:18 literally. "I for my part declare to you, you are the "Rock", and on this rock I will build my church, and the jaws of death shall not prevail against it." Lets do verse 19 also: "I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven". A lot of people and trust me when I say a lot of people, confuse this verse with the Vatian in Rome and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, as the place of the New Jerusalem. However, I will leave that interpretation for you to reflect on and ask Jesus to open the space that he has provided you with and explain what that "parable" really means. Because, that is exactly what it is a parable, for ingestion into the soul of mankind. A important ingestion, I might add. To be continue...