St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church​

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

The Bible study on Ephesians reminded me why this book has captured my attention. Paul presents a cosmic image of Christ that radically changes our perspective. After Paul gives his greeting, he says:

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.”

This highlighted phrase is beyond our comprehension.

 

Because we are both people of the word of God and we are people of our present age, we carry a dual perspective of the nature of creation. As people of the Word, we believe God created the world and everything in it. God created us and re-creates each of us every day.  Scientifically, however, we understand that the physical universe began as an explosion of energy that has been proceeding outward for the last 13.77 billion years.

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I found this image of The Big Bang. It made me marvel to consider how it could be that God is both greater than the cosmos and how it could be that God knew who I would be 13.7 billion years ago. As I consider the joy and excitement and the anticipation that parents have when they are expecting a baby (just like our administrative assistant Elaine and her husband Riley are anticipating their first child on July 28), and as I contemplate that God’s love is greater, deeper, and more long lasting than any parent, words fail me. Metaphors are unsuccessful. What remains is the faith and hope that God’s love is working more powerfully than any current event.

Peace be with you all,

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Doug