Today's readings:

Psalm 39:13

Isaiah 5:1 - 2

Luke 22: 54 - 62

The quest for peace in these verses gets ever more difficult!  The Luke has Peter denying Jesus, the isaiah is a metaphor about a vineyard (and sounds almost worthy of Song of Songs!) and the one verse from the psalm, well it's bewildering.

I'm not going to force it.  I'm just going to accept that, on this day when winds of (reportedly) over 160 mph have swept across parts of Scotland, peace is an elusive concept.

Last Sunday we touched, ever so briefly, on the idea of a prophetic imagination, that sees beyond the reality of here and now to what might be.

My glimpse of peace is a back-and-white furry friend curled up and snoozing while the windows of my flat rattle and whirrr in the wind, rain lashes the window panes and darkness closes in apace.

Where is peace, now, oh God?

Storms rage, buildings break apart, seas roar...

Where is peace, now, oh God?

Peter denies Jesus, tempers flare, violence spreads...

Where is peace, now, oh God?

Scripture stands silent, words devoid of signs...

Here is peace, now, from God

A cat curled in slumber whilst the wind rattle the glass

Here is peace, now, from God

Jesus restores Peter, hope is renewed, vision restored

Here is peace, now, from God...

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Be

Be still

Be still and know

Be still and know that I AM

Be still and know that I am God