One of the things I love about having snow in the winter is getting to see all of the animal activity that is going on in our yard! Mostly it’s rabbits, squirrels, birds and cats tromping though our back yard. Last week this interesting track appeared in our front yard. I would really love to know what was going on! What are these tracks? Why do they just stop? Was it some sort of rabbit rapture? The tracks this time of the year remind me of the activity that is going on year-round but largely unseen. There is so much more than meets the eye!
There is so much more than meets the eye. This coming Sunday we will celebrate “Transfiguration of Our Lord.” We will read from Matthew 17 about Peter, James and John seeing Jesus in a new light (pun intended) and hearing the voice of God tell them directly who Jesus is. To have been there with them!
It’s a challenge to us, I think. We spend so much time thinking about, reading about, learning about, teaching and preaching about Jesus. Do we still leave room for God to show Jesus to us in a new light (pun intended)? Have we made up our minds about what Jesus would do? Do we ever find ourselves being surprised by Jesus? I pray that the Holy Spirit will make it so with us!
I’ll leave you with one of my favorite phrases from the liturgy. This is from the Proper Preface for Christmas: “In the wonder and mystery of the Word made flesh you have opened the eyes of faith to a new and radiant vision of your glory, that beholding the God made visible, we may be drawn to love the God whom we cannot see.” There is so much more than meets the eye!
Amen.
+BJST