As many of you know, my "days off" are Friday and Saturday of each week. With Friday being kind of like "normal" Saturday and my Sunday being like "normal" Monday we can logically deduce that Thursday is like "normal" Friday...hence the term Pastor Friday. Today I spent my Pastor Friday out making visits to some Boulevard members who are unable to attend worship and other events due to their health. Based off one of the conversations I had today I wanted to leave you with a little wisdom.
Sitting on her couch and me in a Lazyboy recliner, I asked about her microwave. She told me that she purchased that microwave in 1987 and today it cooks/heats things today as well as it did when she took it out of the box. She went on to say that for whatever reason all of her loved ones have spent the better part of the new millennium trying to convince her to toss that old microwave and get a newer, smaller model with more power and more functions. Her response? "The old one still works just fine and until I need a new one I am going to stick with this one." In my friend's opinion people are quick these days to get rid of the old for the sake of it being not-new no matter how well it works. I couldn't agree with her more.
Our world is one where young is gold and old is a four-letter word. We crave the newest, the most updated and the freshest product available and while this might be a sound strategy for buying bread, for dealing with the world and living out our faith it is rubbish. As a faith community we seek to live out this microwave-wisdom. By singing hymns that are hundreds of years old and hearing scripture that has been read aloud by generations and generations we make real connection to the foundation that has been available for a very long time. To toss such a foundation for something new just for the sake of it being new is akin to getting rid of a perfectly good microwave just because it has seen it's fair share of bags of popcorn or frozen Lean Cuisine.
Enjoy your "normal" weekend and I hope to see you Sunday.
Peace, BJS
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