Some people like to name God, that Source of pure love, of light, our “Creator”. Rightly so, as probably since human beings began, we have marveled at the intricacies of a flower, the incredible colors of a sunset and seen a larger hand at work. That aspect of the Creator has though an opposite side. That flower eventually withers and falls, the sunset eventually turns to darkness and that too is part of the Divine.
Just so with not only ourselves, our bodies, but those things we build, whether a house, a business or a spiritual community. Everything has a season; like birds flying past a window. As human beings we like to hold on to things, hold on to beauty. We take pictures to remember that flower or sunset because we know in time even our memory will fade. But in reality in time even that photograph eventually will crumble and disappear.
Another metaphor used occasionally for the concept of God is as a potter. As a potter myself I know one of the hardest things is to determine when, after careful work and attention, a pot needs to be destroyed. Its a very difficult thing to do but having created that piece I know the inner flaws, the potential for bigger problems. But it does not go to waste. That same clay is put back into its beginning state. Then it is reformed into another pot.
While we hate it when something, or relationship or group needs to be reformed it is as integral a part of the unfolding creation, God's plan, as a birth. Sometime it might be small, a handle on a mug needing to be removed, sometimes something bigger. When playing spider solitaire to make it through the game requires smart organizing. But that is not enough. It also requires over and over again using the back button to return to a place where there is an opening and building again. This is also true in life.The lesson of renewal is important because while change is said to be the only thing we can be sure of, we can also be sure of renewal.
There is an Eternal force that renews everything, nothing goes to waste. So in the end all of it is for the good. Nothing lasts as it is forever,
except Forever.
