“Provide-ance” (Matt.6:25-34)
That’s fifty years this weekend,
Since “Robertson” we led;
Then off to dance that weekend
Where social life was fed.How vivid was that summer
With leadership sublime;
That winter I sought guidance
For adult life of mine.Bob headed off for Sandy;
I went to prairie Kirk,
Then back to finish training
In org that went to berserk.At least this gift they gave me –
Great friendships, models, guides;
Lord, as we do our time out,
In all of us abide.How precious are those memories;
How vivid are those days;
Foundations they were building
For living out Your ways –Like chapel-time that Sunday –
“What’s ‘Providence’?” I asked;
Ed stumbled to explain it –
It now defines our task.For crisis-time approaches
As shifts on global scene
Bring challenges to forefront
Embody what that means.For God provides for people,
It’s hard to figure “how”;
To which the Kingdom-layer
Depicts provision now.Not “Providence” as handout,
But place where we can walk;
A plastic-layer supporting,
Like “Grace” of which folks talk.But not so much like “Footprints”
Where we are bundled up
And carried – it’s a layer
Where each takes up the cup –You bid us take up, Jesus,
In that way follow You
In daily Kingdom-living
In all we say and do.So, Providence? It’s freedom
To now engage with life,
Which works just fine, God built it
With leaven, salt, and light –To pass on to our neighbors,
Feed them, as we’ve been fed;
And into Kingdom-living
Invite, as we are led.Lord, thanks for these five decades
Of life on planet Earth;
And twenty years preceding
Since day which marked our birth.Be with us for duration
Of life, that we might be
Mature with all our neighbors,
Hereafter – truly free.Thanks Lord for this.
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