August 10, 2022

Here’s a short one from Wendell Berry to make you smile. It’s called “The First”.

“The first man to whistle / thought he had a wren in his mouth. / He went around all day / his lips puckered / afraid to swallow.”

Bono calls Jesus “the first one of your kind” and St. Paul says that “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” (Colossians 1:15)

This is one way of saying that Jesus is one of a kind – there has never been and will never be anyone like Him. He alone identifies with your deepest trials and woes; He alone is sinless. He alone died for your sins. He alone defeated death so you will never die.

So, no need to be afraid to whistle, or do anything else!

“Everliving God, whose will it is that all should come to you through your Son Jesus Christ: Inspire our witness to him,that all may know the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you and theHoly Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (For the Mission of the Church – BCP)