Picture-perfect winter scenes, where snow drifted listlessly
from cloudy skies and laid a soft, pliant blanket over the lumpy earth, are
yesterday’s story. This morning the wind is blowing, picking up mists of powdery
snow and laying them in soft, treacherous drifts along the drive, along the
road.
Today we will celebrate Tet, so much culinary prep is going
on in the kitchen. Celebrations are important, even – maybe especially – during
these weird days. So today it’s Tet, and tomorrow we will be all hearts and
flowers for Valentines’ Day, celebrating our love for each other.
There is a rhythm of life in the Bible, too, where God
instructs his people to celebrate, in order to remember. To remember his love
expressed in many powerful and gentle ways.
God wants to remind us, every day, of his unconditional
love. He doesn’t set aside one particular day on which to remember his love –
although Good Friday could conceivably be identified as a supreme expression of
God’s love for his world.
Whether celebrating with others or just remembering on your
own, may you know the love that God has for you today. His love covers all the
lumps and bumps of life. It never melts; never disappears.
It isn’t just what God does. It’s who he is.
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