No easy answers

Sometimes we find ourselves in a situation where there are no easy answers.  We feel caught between a rock and a hard place and it is hard to contemplate the way forward.  We try to be positive, but  deep down inside, we feel are stressed out and wish things would just settle down again.

I often wonder how the disciples felt when Jesus started talking about his death on a cross, about leaving them and of serious challenges ahead.  For the most part, they were unable to grasp what he was saying to them.  They had left everything to follow Jesus and now their time together was  threatening to come to an end.

I find myself approaching a crossroads, unsure of what lies around the corner.  I do hope my exploration day on Saturday makes the way forward just a little clearer.  All I know is that God wants all of me, not just what is left when the daily grind has done its worst.  Not just what's left when the duties are done and the next rota prepared.

We are called to be disciples and some are called into full-time service.  It isn't an easy thing to contemplate,   I think of the  hymn below, and if that is what is confirmed, my answer has to be yes.

Will you come and follow me  if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, will you let my life be grown in you and you in me? Will you leave your self behind if I but call your name? Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same? Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare, will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me? Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me? Will you love the ‘you’ you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me? Lord, your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In your company I’ll go where your love and footsteps show. Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me. ©1987  WGRG, Iona Community, Govan, Glasgow G51 3UU, Scotland