18. December 2008 by Pastor Pamela.

UPCOMING events at South Lyon Power & Light:

Wednesday, Dec. 24^th 2008, 6:00 PM:

Christmas Eve Worship Service

Wednesday, Dec. 31^st  2008, 6:00 PM:

New Year’s Eve Taizé Worship Service

REGULAR events at South Lyon Power & Light:

Sundays:                  9:10 AM            Worship

                               11:12 AM           Sunday Morning Gathering

Wednesdays:            2:00 PM             Women’s Bible Study

                               5:00 PM             Puppet Show Practice

                               7:00 PM             Worship Team Rehearsal

Starting January 9^th, 2009

Fridays:                    7:08 PM             Taizé Worship Service

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18. December 2008 by Pastor Pamela.

Have you noticed that socks always seem to disappear in the laundry?

I just watched Pr. Pam doing her laundry: She had already collected all the dark colored clothes, but then she spent about half an hour looking for one single sock. Can you believe it? Thirty minutes for ONE sock! As if she had nothing else to do!

Of course I did not hold back with my comment and gave her the advice to just go ahead with the laundry. The sock would show up sooner or later. But she said, that she wanted to find the sock right now because this pair is one of her favorites. They are hiking socks: good quality and very warm.

She finally found the missing sock, and happily put it into the washing machine together with the other one. And there it is being laundered right now.

Then she put me on her lap and said: “Pelle,  you know, very often we are too busy to  take care of our things. It has become so convenient to just go and by another pair of socks, when they disappear in the laundry or when they have holes. My grandma actually taught me how to darn. And this is what I used to do for a very long time. Now I am not doing this anymore because it’s not worth spending so much time on darning when you can get a new pair of socks for a few bucks in the store around the corner. But this pair of hiking socks is one of my favorites. I like them too much to not try and find them when they are missing.”

I must admit that she is right. We are really very often tempted to do what’s most convenient. We don’t make a lot of effort and spend much time to find something that can so easily be replaced. But the point here is that this pair of socks is NOT easily replaced because it is one of Pr. Pam’s favorite pairs.

And this actually makes think about God. Now you may think: What on earth does God have to do with socks?

Let me tell you: Pr. Pam didn’t do what would have been convenient. She made quite an effort to find the lost sock. God isn’t doing what would be convenient either. God is making quite an effort as well to makes sure that his lost children find their way home. God doesn’t throw us away like old socks when we fail to be the people he wants us to be. Because he likes us so much. We are God’s favorites! He comes after us, when we go astray, when we get lost. God would spend all eternity if necessary to find his lost children. God makes sure that we don’t just disappear like socks in the laundry. Because  we are important to God. We are not easily replaced. We are his unique and precious children.

My wish for all of you for the New Year is that you will remember this once in a while: God WILL find you when you get lost, and God IS ALWAYS with you in all the good things and the bad things that happen throughout the year!

So, and now I’ll go and make sure that BOTH socks are still there and make it into the dryer.

Have a blessed year 2009!

Yours Pelle

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