Beginning

"Get away from me, Lord! I am a sinner man!" Luke 5:8.

When Isaiah found himself suddenly in God's presence, he, too, felt overwhelmed by his sin, a man of unclean lips. When Moses found himself before God's fire, Moses asked, Who am I?, a man of dull speech. When Peter found himself with Jesus' catch of fish, Peter sank at the Lord's feet. When we find ourselves, we, likewise, recognize ourselves hopelessly unworthy. Indeed. There is no other beginning worthy of God's service. When God calls the unworthy to serve (and he does. all the time.), he, their creator, renders them worthy. He created, and creates, their lips, their mouths, their very selves. He washes them, cleanses them, purifies them. He renders them adopted, brothers and sisters to his son.

Meeting today with a brother or sister we find ourselves re-created from alien nobodies to family of all-worthy God. And, together, joined at the cross, we honor the work of Christ thankfully.