June 16, 2021

In The Pretenders 1986 hit Don’t Get Me Wrong, Chrissie Hynde sings “I come and go like fashion / I might be great tomorrow / but hopeless yesterday.” She’s got a good bead on human nature. Can’t you relate? One day you are on the top of the world and the next day the bottom has fallen out. 

I come and go like fashion. I got married in 1986. I’m afraid to say that our wedding pictures captured my haircut; it was at least approaching mullet status. Not full blown, but still, well, embarrassing. Hopeless yesterday!

The psalmist proclaims, “But You remain the same, your years will never end.” (Psalm 102:27) What doesn’t change about God? His mercy, His forgiveness, and His all-embracing love for us – the fickle hearted.

“O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Proper 21 – BCP)