Good Morning All,
Hebrews 13:5; “Be happy with what
you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.”
I know I show my age with this but “MASH” is still one of the best
shows on television. It offered some
good bits of wisdom every so often. I
was always fascinated by how the main characters evolved through the
years. Major Houlihan went from a ditzy
bimbo to a highly skilled and compassionate nurse. Hawkeye went from a gold-plated womanizer to
an early version of the “equal rights” man.
I found the change in Father Mulcahy to be the most interesting. He went from being a bumbling incompetent
person to being highly compassionate and very wise. His observations were always timely and worth
hearing. Radar seemed to grow up and
went from a goofy kid to a major component of the operation of the unit.
One of the segments that
I remember best is the one where Radar’s widowed mother started dating
again. He was nervous and asked Hawkeye
for his advice. Hawkeye told him how
when his widowed father started to see a woman, Hawkeye made them miserable and
the woman left and now his father was still all alone. Hawkeye offered this observation, “Loneliness
is everything it is cracked up to be.”
I don’t know why that
line stays with me. I think it has to do
with the fact that man was created to be a creature of relationships. We were created to have a very close
relationship with God. Adam and God used
to walk in the garden in the cool of the morning; now that would be an
experience. Man was also created to have
a loving and caring relationship with each other as well. Sadly, sin ruined all this.
We desire to be in a
relationship but sin warps our view of this relationship. How many times do we hear someone say
something and then misread the message?
How often do we perceive something completely wrong? We really do this when we look at our
relationship with God. The devil and our
sinful self tell us that God is a “no fun” guy who only makes rules that we
can’t keep in order to punish us. The
truth is that God’s will is what is best for us and will restore us to the type
of life that will truly make us content.
God is always with us
even when we don’t feel it. It is our
own selfishness that causes our loneliness from God. We turn from God not the other way
around. God continually seeks us out
trying to bring us back into his flock.
We are hounded by his goodness and mercy constantly driving us back to
his grace. We only need to surrender and
trust in his love for us. When we stop fighting,
we will stop being lonely.
Gracious Lord, I often
feel all alone. Yet I know that you are
with me; you bring me comfort and hope.
Strengthen me with your grace that I may live in your family and in
harmony with my fellow brothers and sisters.
In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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