Cracks. I have been thinking about this a lot this week because I see them everywhere I turn around.
They come in different ways and sizes and for entirely different reasons. Some examples to illustrate what I am seeing.
Just north of our house is a portion of the Yellowhead Trail. As you know, it is under some serious reconstruction. The cracks I am seeing right now are from the tearing down of buildings and the driving of new pilings and foundations. You do not move a major highway some 18 metres (about 60 feet) north of where it is without creating some cracks.
And then there are financial cracks that continue to appear. Nordstrom stores are leaving Canada. They are just the latest in a list of store closings. This creates financial cracks because some 2500 people will be out of work. Amazon Canada has dropped an amount of its workforce lately.
Other cracks are growth based. Construction continues apace on the LRT expansion and I feel it every day I drive on the Henday as they pound pilings. New warehousing is being built on the north side of 137 Ave. west of St. Albert Tail. Cracks.
Jesus is a master crack maker and crack mender. He cracks lives open when he does healings. Two of many examples are in Mark 5 and John 11. He mends life by giving new understandings to old meanings. John 3 and Luke 19 fit this category. Time and again he takes the way people live and redirects their attention to what is important, faith in him and in God. I commend the second half of Mark 5 here, where people are certain that what they see is what they get. And Jesus both says and shows them that this is not the case.
We have seen major cracks in our lives in the last three years. Some are on-going such as the worry and anxieties over the future, especially for our youth. Some are about stability; how long can I go on working from home and the office comes to mind. Jesus says that he is the foundation on which we can stand and be assured of salvation; of life; of hope; of eternity. (John 3:16 and 17) So, how are your cracks today and this week? Pr. Scott
