Humbled

"The person who humbles themselves will be exalted." Luke 14:11

Dear People of St. David's,

I pray that you are well and are enjoying these final days of summer. I know some of us are getting ready to send our daughters and sons off to college or getting ready for school a little closer to home. Others of us are getting ready to get back into a fuller work "experience." The staff of St. David's is getting ready to welcome everyone back with the Kick-Off to our program year on Sunday, September 9th. Still others of us are simply enjoying a phase of life that is not seasonally or school based.

Every phase of life has its own challenges and victories, its difficulties or successes. It is amazing how life moves on and changes and how we are called to respond as best we can, (with God's help), to enjoy the gift of life and take the triumphs and trials as they come. Amy and I, for instance, are empty nesters for the first time in 24 years. Though we will never stop being parents, a different kind of life is opening for us this fall.  A life that we will take up, and with God's help, live as fully as we can.

And I think that's the key - with God's help. Too many times in life we think that we're supposed to be accomplishing what we are accomplishing and facing what we are facing on our own. And while it's a great feeling to do and to be and to make things happen in life, life's never quite as rich or peace-filled unless we invite God to be a part of our life. When we set aside our pride and invite God to help us or take a moment to count our blessings to see how many of them come from God, then our lives take on a depth and quality that is far greater than any life we can come to on our own. Setting our pride aside and remembering how God and others have helped build the life we are living opens the way for God's Spirit to enter in and fill us with the power and presence of God.

So humble yourselves, as Jesus says, and you will be raised up. You will be exalted by a power that can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine on our own. We will experience a deeper love and peace and sense of accomplishment in our lives as God makes His presence known to us and through us to others.

Grace & Peace,
WFA