God always comes through. He hears us and answers. Not sure how that works but it does. The spirit world is difficult to understand and talk about at times because what we know about it is very personal and individual and unseeing.....yet the ways we experience it are within us, deep within us, in our hearts and minds and souls........converging all together in a one-ness. As I said, it's difficult to explain.
That kind of "one-ness" happened today at World Day of Prayer. There were Covenanters, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Catholics, Mennonites, Nazarenes, Anglicans and folks from the United Church. Most likely other folks were there too, representing various other denominations but today we were all simply one body....the Body of Christ.
I liked it because God was there. It's a little more difficult when you're leading a service to get a feel for how God's spirit is moving, as you're always making sure everything is running smoothly, but today I felt his presence in ways I'm not even quite sure about, but they were good ways.
People said it was meaningful to them. Some talked about their friends who had been with them at the last year's service but had since died. Others spoke to me who were very old and beloved friends of my late parents. It was kind of like a reunion of sorts. Churches coming together each year and saying hello to fellow believers whom they haven't seen since last year's service.
We read the liturgy. We sang the hymns. We greeted one another "in Jesus Name".
Another "World Day of Prayer". Will it have brought us to our knees?
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