Suddenly

Wednesday and Thursday mornings you can find me with first and second graders. We are in small groups perfecting their reading skills. One of the vocab words on Thursday was suddenly. The students had to read the word to me and tell me what it meant, then they had to use it in a sentence. Suddenly.

Recently at church we have been discussing the Sermon on the Mount. We looked at the Beatitudes and discussed how we usually read them as a list of if then statements. If we are meek, then we will inherit the earth. We also find ourselves reading this passage as commandments. We are commanded to be poor in spirit, and peacemakers, and so on an so forth. Is this really the way Jesus meant these verses? We didn't think so. Ryan, our pastor, said that another way to read these verses could be as a gift. This was something that I appreciated hearing and thought it made a lot of sense. We then went on to talk about how God breaks into our lives and our only reaction is to accept. The pastor used an analogy of how the Kool-Aid man breaks in to situations to meet the thirst needs of those in need. Suddenly. When we need God he is there. Suddenly.

How have you been suddenly comforted by God? Sometimes we need a reminder that God is always there, but he is always breaking into our oppression, injustice, and sin suddenly.

~jenny