“Keep awake therefore,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Matthew 25:13
“All In” “Keep Watch” “Be Prepared”
Post Halloween rush, Pre-holiday time, seems like a perfect time to talk about presence, and watchfulness and being prepared. Sometimes that just sounds like a lot of extra busy-work…and I am fairly certain that none of us really need that. I can also say with some certainty that “busy-work” was not something our creator intended for us.
So what do we do with this tension of keeping watch and being prepared? Is this a part of life in faith? Is it a way of being all in…
Maybe living into our purpose and our life in faith can be as simple as changing the language we use – we are used to saying we "are busy" or we "are pre-occupied" or we "have little time to breathe”. But in reality – we breathe all day long, our occupations and our life may be filled, but moving from task to task can have purpose. Living into these next few months of so called “busy-ness” can happen with intention – and living with intention is not a “to do” list action – it is a “to be” life mode.
To be in a life lived with patience and forgiveness,
to be a person of integrity and hope,
to be ready…
because in the end – what it is to be ready has more to do with our hearts than the state of our homes or our bank accounts.
Heart readiness is a way of life, it is a watchfulness, it is a commitment to your faith and faith community…(whatever that might look like for you)
May you BE ready…
Peace and Light
Pastor Erin
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