Psalm 128
Not a whole lot this morning, ahead of our RTB gathering after coffee hour.
Family. The psalmist specifically mentions the wife (spouse), the children, and the grandchildren. Each is his/her own blessing! He uses the vine (fruit, wine) and the olive tree (oil, food, lubricant, wood) as metaphors of the blessedness of family life. I’m regularly thinking of our new vision at St. Andrew’s, specifically “community” this morning, seeing St. Andrew’s as “family”. So often I’ve heard Christians say something like this or that person is closer than my own brother. That’s nice, especially if we are not disparaging our own blood relatives! I’ve long believed that we already have a good community at St. Andrew’s, a wonderful congregation. But “Bread Breakers” is a nice start for something even stronger. And we need to grow more, to get to know one another outside the church building, to encourage one another. Let’s do our part, folks. Get to know those faces at church you’ve never met. We can do this!