From The Pastor’s Pen – By Brian Horrobin
We’ve all been to weddings and funerals where we’ve seen relatives and friends that we hardly ever get to see (except at weddings and funerals!).
We bemoan the fact that due to our busy lives we just can’t get together as often as we like.
The cycle usually continues because we don’t take the affirmative action necessary to change matters.
Poet Mikko Harvey points out that the chapters of our lives go fast, and we don’t get much time with the ones we love.
Here is what he said: “The number of hours we have together is not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.”
I spoke with a woman recently about the relationship she has with her grown children, both of whom live far away with their young families.
However, with a twinkle in her eye, she reminisced about one recent Christmas when her son came home with his children for a visit.
A snowstorm landed just after they arrived and delayed their departure by a couple of days.
What looked like a terrible inconvenience turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
I wonder if this is how God feels when we only include Him infrequently in our busy lives.
Also, what about people who have loved ones missing?
Wouldn’t they like you to linger longer near their door or forget your scarf and come back later for it?
James 1:27 says this: “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
Let’s go and do likewise!
