Hello,
The first egg has arrived. Brown. Smaller than a grocer’s egg. Kate found it in one of the laying
boxes about a week ago, and since its discovery there hasn’t been another egg
yet. The egg sits in our
refrigerator, and when people come to visit, it isn’t too long after their
arrival that Kate asks, “Do you want to see the egg?” No one has of yet said, “No.”
With the arrival of our first egg, there is an innate promise of more
eggs. An egg a day per hen, so we
are told. Also, those who know
about these things tell us that the size of the eggs should increase. Four eggs a day. Four hens. 28 eggs a week!
A virtual avalanche of eggs soon to come our way. What will we do with all these
eggs? We will probably find more
and more ways to place eggs in our diet, as will our friends. Egg salad sandwiches….deviled
eggs….eggs on salad….hard boiled eggs for lunch…egg nog to drink (there are
eggs in egg nog, aren’t there?)…
Who knows what feast of eggs lies in front of us. A promise of things to come, all held
in one small egg that sits in our refrigerator.
The Christian message finds its heart in a different arrival. The messiah has arrived. Brown skinned. A simple man, smaller than the mighty
rulers of the world. Discovered in
a manger by mere shepherds, along the sea shore by hard working fishermen, in
towns and villages by hated tax collectors, and in an Easter garden by lowly
women. Those who know of things
messianic tell us that the increase of his dominion is without end….leading to
the day that “ at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God
the Father.” A virtual avalanche
of grace and mercy to come our way.
And what will we do with all this grace and mercy? We will probably find more and more
ways to place it in our lives and in the lives of others…grace and mercy to
spur on hope when we have failed….grace and mercy to transform guilt when we
have sinned….grace and mercy to bind enemies as friends…grace and mercy to feed
the hungry, cloth the naked, and visit the outcast…grace and mercy to bring
death to life, wipe away the tears from every eye, and have us dwell in the
house of the LORD forever… Who knows what feast of grace and mercy lies in
front of us. A promise of things
to come, all held in one small man named Jesus who lay in a manger, hung on a
cross, rose from a tomb and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
So, as I make my way the church doors on Sunday morning, let me ask, “Do
you want to see the messiah?” I
hope you will say “yes” and follow me in!
Have a great week.
God’s grace and peace,
Pastor Jerry Nuernberger
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