Pastor's Message
Dear Siblings in Christ,
I always like to think of Christians as people of hope, not people of despair. There is much in life to despair over, but through the promises of grace and forgiveness we know that we are not alone. A sign in my office, which I have so I don’t forget says, “God doesn’t give us what we can handle, God helps us handle what we are given. God does not wish bad for us, God does not plan bad for us, but bad for us happens, and God is there, waiting for us.
Thomas Merton, an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion wrote, “We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through it all the time. This is not just a fable or a nice story. It is true. If we abandon ourselves to God and forget ourselves, we see it sometimes, and we see it maybe frequently. God shows himself everywhere, in everything – in people and in things and in nature and in events. It becomes very obvious that God is everywhere and in everything and we cannot be without him. It’s impossible.
The only thing is that we don’t see it.”
I understand that we, at Mount Calvary, have made it through many storms. Let us seek God in our current circumstances so that we might discern how we can move forward into a future designed for now.
In Christ’s service, Pastor Debbie
I always like to think of Christians as people of hope, not people of despair. There is much in life to despair over, but through the promises of grace and forgiveness we know that we are not alone. A sign in my office, which I have so I don’t forget says, “God doesn’t give us what we can handle, God helps us handle what we are given. God does not wish bad for us, God does not plan bad for us, but bad for us happens, and God is there, waiting for us.
Thomas Merton, an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion wrote, “We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through it all the time. This is not just a fable or a nice story. It is true. If we abandon ourselves to God and forget ourselves, we see it sometimes, and we see it maybe frequently. God shows himself everywhere, in everything – in people and in things and in nature and in events. It becomes very obvious that God is everywhere and in everything and we cannot be without him. It’s impossible.
The only thing is that we don’t see it.”
I understand that we, at Mount Calvary, have made it through many storms. Let us seek God in our current circumstances so that we might discern how we can move forward into a future designed for now.
In Christ’s service, Pastor Debbie