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New Images for God

A couple of years ago David Schaal was our guest minister at reunion. He conducted an exercise asking us to generate current images of God. An example of old imagery might include, "God is my lamp, lighting my way in the dark."

One of the new images was, "God is my GPS, giving me direction in new territory."

While it doesn't work exactly, another new image for God might be that God is like my cell phone. I live in New Mexico and spend a lot of time in Texas, but when I visit Missouri, or California or ??, my cell phone rings whenever someone calls, it has "found" me wherever I am. Not only does it allow me to talk with friends and family, it will alert me when I have a new email, or it allows me to text message my daughters. If I need to research something, I can browse the internet. A few weeks ago I (reluctantly) opened a Facebook account. If I want, I can check the Facebook page from my phone, virtually anywhere I go. In short, my cell phone gives me many different ways to communicate.

God is always present. God finds me wherever I might go. At times God speaks to me in one way; at another time, God will intervene in a new and unexpected way, even speaking in ways that I only reluctantly will take note of. I don't know why all those "forms of communication" are necessary for God to get through to me, but just as my cell phone allows me to choose whichever option seems most appropriate at the moment, God can and does choose different ways to get my attention and help me see things of import. Who'd have ever thought it, my cell phone being an image for God?

Yours in Christ,

Bruce Darrington
Rio Grande Mission President

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