I was checking for
something among earlier editions of this newsletter and next minute
got that terrible sinking feeling. On so many occasions there had
been news about our new facility in Kerikeri. Big announcements
even. Talk about embarrassment!
But that is not
stopping us from presenting in this newsletter, with more pictures
than ever before, the plans we now have. It is a facility for church
and community. It has changed somewhat – 150 square metres less
for one thing – but it is still going to work as a centre for
the community with spiritual heart.
Being embarrassed or
feeling foolish for taking so long doesn't come into it. It can't be
of concern when it's God's work we're working on. God, or however
you understand the heart-beat of life, is notorious for being
unpredictable and beyond our management. The purpose at hand matters
more than our feelings, our commitment to the task of serving the
community is much more important than our pride.
Here's something I
read at the recent meeting when we had our latest round of discussion
on the subject of building. It's called “Trying to love”:
I
find that it is better to love badly and faultily than not to try to
love at all. God does not have to have perfect instruments, and the
Holy One can use our feeble and faltering attempts at love and
transform them. My task is to keep on trying to love, to be faithful
in my continuing attempt, not necessarily to be successful.1
Keeping our eye on
the bigger picture is my antidote to getting disheartened or
succumbing to cynicism. Our task is to keep on trying to love –
our community, one another, the world around us in which we're so
fortunate to live – and when the time is right our efforts to be
faithful will bear fruit. In this and in everything else we're
involved in.
Rangimarie
Peace Shalom, Robyn
1Morton
Kelsey, Companions of the Inner Way
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