“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
“Problems we face cannot be solved if we are at the same
place we were when we created them.” (A. Einstein)
I saw it as I sat in the car waiting for the traffic light to change. There it was in the store window in huge letters – “TRADE IN YOUR OLD TREADMILL.” What an absolutely terrific idea said I as I hurried to my next meeting. Indeed there are times when I can identify with the treadmill – often feeling that my life is being lived on the treadmill of my mind and weekly planner! Working hard but not really Moving.
The journey of life is indeed that – a journey or passage from one place or time or thought to another. Treadmills had no place in the life changing movements such as the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the Civil Rights Movement as their people marched toward understanding, action and justice.
Our journey through these forty days of Lent invites us to trade in our old treadmills and move toward repentance and renewal. Repentance implies movement – the turning away from evil and movement towards what is good. As we walk the road to Jerusalem we have the opportunity to look inward and recognize attitudes and behaviors that separate us from God and to focus on the new life God has called us to live. When Mary and Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and found it empty, they did not stay there but rather they ran to bring the good news to the disciples. May we, too, run on Easter Morning and share the good news of God’s gift of new life in Christ. In the words of the old Quaker saying – “Pray, and move thy feet.”
Prayer: Loving and gracious God, may your word always be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path as we seek to know your will – what is good and acceptable and perfect. Amen.
Glen Tyndall
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