On Sunday, November 3, 2020, my then pastor described communications he regularly receives from a Rwandan friend. They always follow a pattern: epistle-like greetings followed by descriptions of the most mundane stuff imaginable—the rains have come, a stranger appeared in the village, etc. I was struck by the realization that life in a village enables the understanding that local, personal events are significant.
In too large a crowd or too fast a pace—or in too vast a world—the
significance of the events of each individual’s life is lost. Imagine then, the devastating impact of a major metropolis on the recognition of one’s own value in the eyes of each other. Imagine comparing one’s personal concerns and crises to the scope of all
the world’s problems.
In prayer we are reminded that the Architect of the Cosmos lowers his gaze to attend the concerns of his youngest or loneliest child—those seemingly insignificant are revealed in the light of Christ’s
countenance to be equal to presidents and tycoons.
literaryjoe / Nate Long
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