“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”- Psalm 19:14 NIVSlice of Infinity Snippets:
“Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today. 25 You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants[a] all the families on earth will be blessed.’ Acts 3:24-25 NLT
There is a covered bridge in Georgia that extends over a scenic rushing stream. A well-worn trail leads its visitors to a succession of small cascading waterfalls over a series of massive rocks. Sitting atop one of these rocks recently, my husband turned to me and asked, "Do you ever think of the springs in France when you see a bottle of Evian for sale?"
My answer caught me more off guard than his question. I really hadn't ever thought of the springs, or the production, or for that matter, the importing that goes into the 20 kinds of bottled water we see on our grocery store shelves. In fact, I don't usually think about the origins of anything I consume...
Sociologists call this growing trend of perspective commodification, the progression of thought whereby the commodities we consume are seen in abstraction from their origins...
Author and cultural observer Vincent Miller writes of how such a manner of seeing and interpreting is making us more comfortable with engaging religion as commodity, lifting certain portions of a religious tradition from its context and historical background...
In Christ we live as recipients and guardians of a way of life in which belief and practice are intertwined with history, meaning, and hope. There is an origin to the grace we cling to; we are made whole because in Christ we are given a context, a story, a Source.
Comments:
When reading today's writing from Jill, I immediately thought of our detachment from Origin in the teaching of Cosmic Evolution. If we are not aware of the truth of our origin, how can we expect to be who God created us to be? Then, I thought of our culture of consumerism. Americans used to be producers and now we are mainly consumers. Consumerism leads to convenience and convenience to waste. We must be stewards and a return to ancient practices of stewardship should be in our sights. Finally, I thought of our need for a culture of LIFE. Without grounds for origin(God made me with a purpose) and with a convenience (serve me) mindset, we will make decisions based on what we 'feel' is best for us at the time. We need God's word to permeate our very beings on a daily basis; to be sustained by our God. As my friend Rich said in his devotional time this morning, "God still communicates the Truth to us through our hearts. (We) need to meditate on the Word of God and allow Him to lead (us). Lord, please take hold of our hearts and lead us to the Truth. Amen."
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