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My Great Comfort

The Heidelberg Catechism starts off with the question, “What is your only comfort in life and in death?”

Our pastor has departed from the typical Advent texts to preach on Psalm 80. Reading through the emotional and often depressed language of the Psalms has prepared my heart for Advent in a new way. It’s encouraging me to look for my Savior and whispering reminders that the Psalmists prayers, they were answered in a stable.

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Our church has had a hard year. There have been great losses and worries. Living in Hawaii means that there is an ever-changing congregation as parishioners leave and new families arrive on island. This year, we’ve lost many people. Some to the mainland, others to the Promised Land. We’ve had grief and confusion and many of us have cried, “Where are you, Lord?”

So yesterday, when we stood together and were asked what our comfort in life was, it brought tears to my eyes when we declared:

That I am not my own, 1
but belong with body and soul,
both in life and in death, 2
to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. 3
He has fully paid for all my sins
with his precious blood, 4
and has set me free
from all the power of the devil. 5
He also preserves me in such a way 6
that without the will of my heavenly Father
not a hair can fall from my head; 7
indeed, all things must work together
for my salvation. 8
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit
he also assures me
of eternal life 9
and makes me heartily willing and ready
from now on to live for him.
We are held. That is our comfort. God has a vested interest in our lives because we are not our own, but belong, body and soul, to Him.
As I walked up to partake in Holy Communion, I was overwhelmed by the sustaining grace of our Lord. How can I question His love when I hold the elements of my salvation, His body and blood, shed for me, in my hands and know that He has purchased me?
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The Thin Place was born out of a season of struggle. A season where I felt stretched thin and desperately longed to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. The goodness of God showed up in unexpected ways. During that season, the spiritual disciplines laid out in Scripture, the traditions of the Church, and the reminders of His faithfulness seen in liturgial living and the feasts and seasons of the Church calendar all opened my eyes to the hope we have in Christ.

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