February 3, 2023

“O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care.” (Psalm 95:6-7)

Think about it for a second. You are made by someone. He made you. He knows how you work. He knows how you operate. He knows how you fail to operate. You did not make yourself. And although you may sometimes be a mystery to yourself, you are not a mystery to your Maker.

James Joyce -brilliant as he was – was wrong about God. He said, “The artist, like the God of the Creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails."Our Maker is also a Shepherd who cares. You are under His care. Shepherds have dirty fingernails. In fact; He cares so deeply His hands are pierced for you.

“Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (A Collect for Fridays – BCP)