The topic of progress made me think about older people, and especially some comments that were made at a psalm sing last night - a woman in her 70s requested Psalm 84, advancing from strength to strength, and said that she loves this psalm because it shows "God's upside-down economy", that while physically she is getting weaker and weaker, she is getting stronger and stronger in spirit. I think repetitive tasks can be like that too; they don't make visible progress, but they do change us. Which has become an important idea for me as my local congregation closes down; on the outside, it looks like zero progress, but that doesn't count all the years of growth, fellowship, service, etc. God did many, many things, and we aren't just on a hamster wheel.
The topic of progress made me think about older people, and especially some comments that were made at a psalm sing last night - a woman in her 70s requested Psalm 84, advancing from strength to strength, and said that she loves this psalm because it shows "God's upside-down economy", that while physically she is getting weaker and weaker, she is getting stronger and stronger in spirit. I think repetitive tasks can be like that too; they don't make visible progress, but they do change us. Which has become an important idea for me as my local congregation closes down; on the outside, it looks like zero progress, but that doesn't count all the years of growth, fellowship, service, etc. God did many, many things, and we aren't just on a hamster wheel.
Who can't relate to that sweeping?! And yet, the lesson is there. Some One has made the world right; in that light, it makes sense. Thank you!