March 10, 2023

“May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.” (Psalm 119:76)

Today’s myth to debunk: old and delicate manuscripts – rare first editions – should be handled only with white gloves. WRONG! According to a UVA curator, these gems should be held by clean, bare hands. Gloves attract unnecessary dirt. ‘That’s how these books were read, and how they were made.”

What about you? How were you made? How should you be handled? Maybe you relate to The Traveling Wilburys’ song: “I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled / I've been robbed and ridiculed / In daycare centers and night schools / Handle me with care.”

God made you to live your life; you’re not a china doll. Yet, still, He handles you with care.

“O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.” (A Collect for Peace – BCP)