Celebrating God stepping into human life, in the person of Jesus, reminded me of the connection between 'mess' and 'mass' … life, and ministry, is about finding God, both in the sacred and in the everyday. In the wonders of creation and of the divine, God can be found. In the messiness of our human lives, God is there also. Here we have both: the mystery of meeting God in the Eucharist, and indicators of life more generally, and all that it holds - the window showing a glimpse of the world outside; the skateboards* tucked down the side of the makeshift altar; the iPad leaning against the wall, ready to be picked up and for emails to be replied to and this blog added to.
If you'd like to try another way of praying today, what about praying through/while creating something?
Maybe think about the way you're feeling, or a particular Bible verse or hymn line that comes to mind, and paint, draw, fold, tear - whatever comes to you? Or, if you don't have paints to hand, see what else you've got nearby that you could use (perhaps even things from the garden). And let yourself be led wherever your thoughts and prayers take you - if it ends up looking like a crumpled, torn mess, that is absolutely fine - it's the process and the prayer, not the product, that's important.
♫ A reminder that God is with us, in the good and the bad: You'll never walk alone
*I won't mention the time I fell off and broke my arm just after I was ordained priest...
[The photo shows: A Communion service at a makeshift altar at home.]
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