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Francis of Assisi, a saint in the Catholic Church, is familiar to many Christians and non-Christians alike. He is known for his love of animals and people alike.  He saw everything as connected; nature, people, and God.  As we recently celebrated World Communion Sunday and reflected upon the book, Sacred Soil, A Gardener’s Book of Reflection, we shared our connection to each other and nature.  I thought it would be appropriate to share these words from one of Francis’ writings found in the book, Love Poems from God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and the West by Daniel Ladinsky.  So I offer to you a few verses from this little known poem.

                          “The Holy Water”
No one lives outside the walls of this sacred place, existence
The holy water, I need it upon my eyes: it is you, dear, you-each form.

You cannot wander anywhere that will not aide you.

Anything you can touch- God brought it into the classroom of your mind.                                                
Differences exist, but not in the city of love.
Thus my vows and yours, I know they are the same.

I have just peeled the skin from the potato
and you are still contemplating its worth,
sweetheart; indeed there are wonderful nutrients in all,
for God made everything.

Blessings of Peace ~ Pastor Lisa

In  Genesis 2:4-7, we read, “In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; ⁶but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— ⁷then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.”   God, the Master Gardener, created man from the dust of the earth.  And later in that chapter we read that God created a garden and created the animals from the earth.

I invite you to touch the earth or some soil and reflect on how we are all connected- humans, creation, and the earth.  I invite you to imagine God’s breath breathing life into our world.  And as you breathe, I invite you to imagine one small thing you can do to breathe life into our world.

In  Genesis 2:4-7, we read, “In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; ⁶but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— ⁷then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.”   God, the Master Gardener, created man from the dust of the earth.  And later in that chapter we read that God created a garden and created the animals from the earth.

I invite you to touch the earth or some soil and reflect on how we are all connected- humans, creation, and the earth.  I invite you to imagine God’s breath breathing life into our world.  And as you breathe, I invite you to imagine one small thing you can do to breathe life into our world.

Thought for the Week

Reverend Lisa Eleck

October 3. 2021

In  Genesis 2:4-7, we read “In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; ⁶but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— ⁷then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.”   God, the Master Gardener, created man from the dust of the earth.  And later in that chapter we read that God created a garden and created the animals from the earth.

I invite you to touch the earth or some soil and reflect on how we are all connected- humans, creation, and the earth.  I invite you to imagine God’s breath breathing life into our world.  And as you breathe, I invite you to imagine one small thing you can do to breathe life into our world.