San Diego First United Methodist Church –
In Real Life – Friday, 29 November 2013 – “Like a Drop in the Ocean” by Craig
Brown
Recently Bettina and I celebrated our
anniversary by taking a short cruise along the California coast. Our short
four-night adventure included a day at sea without visiting a port-of-call.
During this day at sea, we both found ourselves going a bit stir crazy by the
end of the day! It was the first time that I had truly been at sea with no land
in sight. It was an "immersive" experience (no pun intended.) It is
fascinating to me how in the midst of nothing around I became aware of
everything around. I felt the expanse and depth of God's presence. I had a new
awareness of how God's love is so very immersive.
Being a long-time fan of U2, I was
reminded of a song lyric from a few years ago:
Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is
coming up
The sun is coming up on the ocean
This love is like a drop in the ocean
This love is like a drop in the ocean(Yahweh,
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
The moments in our life when we
experience love, grace, acceptance and even joy or elation are just a drop in
the ocean. Our own experience of these things is a microcosm of the richness
that exists within the very nature of God. We can be assured that these moments
are always at the ready not just for us, but for every single human life. Each
person can share in this same depth of love known in Jesus Christ. While that
final day at sea had its unnerving moments floating around in a big sea, it also
gave me a new appreciation for the infinite grace and love God has for this
world. It is merely our privilege to be able to convey that to others.
As we prepare to begin our journey of
Advent leading toward the Nativity of Jesus, may you too experience the deep
love of God revealed in Jesus Christ.
Craig+
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Take these shoes
Click clacking down some dead end street
Take these shoes
And make them fit
Take this shirt
Polyester white trash made in nowhere
Take this shirt
And make it clean, clean
Take this soul
Stranded in some skin and bones
Take this soul
And make it sing, sing
Yahweh, yahweh
Always pain before a child is born
Yahweh, yahweh
Still I'm waiting for the dawn
Take these hands
Teach them what to carry
Take these hands
Don't make a fist
Take this mouth
So quick to criticize
Take this mouth
Give it a kiss
Yahweh, yahweh
Always pain before a child is born
Yahweh, yahweh
Still I'm waiting for the dawn
Still waiting for the dawn, the sun is
comin' up
The sun is comin' up on the ocean
This love is like a drop in the ocean
This love is like a drop in the ocean
Yahweh, yahweh
Always pain before a child is born
Yahweh, tell me now
Why the dark before the dawn?
Take this city
A city should be shining on a hill
Take this city
If it be your will
What no man can own, no man can take
Take this heart
Take this heart
Take this heart
And make it break
(Songwriters: DAVE EVANS, LARRY MULLEN,
ADAM ; CLAYTON, PAUL HEWSON)
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First United Methodist Church of San
Diego
2111 Camino del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92108 United States
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