Rejoice

"The Lord is coming soon, don't worry about anything," Philippians 4:5f.

Don't worry. Be happy. But how can we be happy in a world where wars continue mercilessly? How can we not worry when children get abused? How can we sing songs of Zion in a foreign land? How, when families fall apart? How, when black and white boys don't play together well at all? How, when everybody's mad at everybody else who's got it made but they themselves don't get any privileges and have to work hard for what they got? Lord, do you have any idea, any idea at all, what's it like down here?! What Jesus said, when he was down here, when the nails hammered through his hands: Father, forgive them, they don't know. So. Here's how (he said): Set our minds on things above, where Christ is right now. He's our real life. When he appears, we will too. In glory.

We meet with a brother or sister today on our knees at Jesus' feet and yield all our anxiety into his scarred hands. And, together, we rejoice trusting he's coming soon.