We were introduced to the game of Dominoes a few years ago and one thing we have learned - one game where the rules seem to evolve as you play. With one group of friends - their rules - with another group - different rules. Recently we gathered with four family members and as we advanced through each round - the rules kept becoming more and more complex. In an effort to explain one rule - we developed a new additional - revised rule. During the course of thirteen rounds - rules modified at least six times. To say that it became very interesting - an understatement. Our relationship with God - often seems the same.
I will be your God - you my people - do as I say. Jesus clarified those rules - after they had become more complex with so many do's and don't do's - Love the Lord your God with all your heart - mind - soul - and your neighbor as yourself. What should be so easy - simple - we have made complicated. Old rules - new rules - Rituals renamed - to clarify - only to create more confusion. This Lent as we prepare for the holiest week of the year - uncomplicate your life -
get back to the basics - do as God - Jesus - said. Your Lent will be much more meaningful.
Deacon Dale
Deacon Dale
