Hello,
If you were
wondering where last week’s Bungee Cord was, well I was gone last week….but as
you can tell, I am back!
I drove out to
Iowa to spend some time with my folks.
It is about a 11 hour drive that I split in two on my drive out and
back. On the way out I stopped in
Toledo, Ohio where I had been a pastor in my 30’s and ate supper with a “kid”
who is now 47 but was 16 when I was his pastor, and on the way back I stopped
in Indy….just because. I stayed at a
Comfort Inn in Toledo, and a Holiday Inn Express in Indy. Both were fine places to stay, but if I was
going to rate them, I would rate the Holiday Inn Express higher for one reason…..the
shampoo bottle.
Figuring that I would
stay at Hotels with those little shampoo bottles in the bathroom, I didn’t feel
a need to pack my own. When I woke up
after my night’s sleep in Toledo, I made my way for my shower. I grabbed a towel on the towel rack, and then
I glanced over to the sink to gather my shampoo and soap. The soap was nicely wrapped in plastic. Next to it was three small tubes, one of
which was the shampoo. Problem was
because my eyesight has waned, the printing was so small that I couldn’t make
out which tube was the one that I wanted.
I stood there trying to stretch my arm out far enough for the printing
to come into focus, but when it reached focus, then the letters were far too
small to read. So, I had to fumble my
way back out into the sleeping area, search for my glasses, put them on and
then I could read which one was the shampoo.
It was the middle one, just for your information.
Expecting the
same thing to happen in Indy, when I woke in the morning, I put my glasses on
before heading to the shower….needlessly, because the printing on the three
tubes on the sink was in large print! A
person with twice my blindness could have easily read the word “SHAMPOO”. I was thankful for the forethought of this
hotel for persons such as me.
I am also
thankful for the forethought of God for persons such as me. When I search for God’s
love for me, I can sometimes find it difficult to see….the darkness of fear,
the clutter of my life, the foolishness of distractions…all impede my
vision. But God has taken the
sin-cataracts in my eyes into consideration, and he has done what that Indy
hotel did. God has written, “I LOVE YOU!”
with huge and bold letters….by writing them in human flesh and blood….Jesus.
I am thankful for
the foresight of God for me that he wrote when Jesus died on the cross. I am thankful for the foresight of God for me
that he wrote when Jesus walked out of the Easter tomb. I am thankful for the foresight of God for me
that he wrote in the promises of my Baptism.
I am thankful for the foresight of God for me that he writes every time
I gather with his body in worship and around his table to receive Holy
Communion. I am thankful for the
foresight of God for me that he has written and keeps on writing his love for
me in big, bold human letters….Jesus.
He, likewise,
writes those same letters for you, too!
Have a great week.
God’s grace and peace, (ggap)
Pastor Jerry Nuernberger
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