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Creationtide 1 ST MARK’S CHURCH, KEMPSHOTT 6 SEPTEMBER 2020 St Mark’s at home- Creationtide God is with us wherever we are… Provision, striving and gratitude… The wonderful thing about the apple tree in my garden is that every year, without fail, it produces a lovely crop of tasty apples. I do nothing to contribute to this at all. Unlike so much else in my garden (and my life) it does not need me to do anything, and has become a sign to me of the goodness of God which exists quite apart from any efforts that I make. How amazing it is that this world supplies such a spread of nourishment for us- and while I know that much of it does require effort that I have become removed from (I simply go to the supermarket to buy what others have laboured to produce), these things, and the cycles of nature which allow them to flourish, are freely given. How often we strive to find fulfilment for ourselves… In the Old Testament the prophet Jeremiah explores this very human trait using an image of people straining to dig their own wells for fresh water. They dig and dig, but their effort is ultimately wasted when the wells crack and break. The wells are a picture of people’s search for meaning, for the source of life- often dug and re-dug in vain. Jeremiah believed that a fresh supply of life and hope and meaning was already available in God, and I know this to be true for myself. Later we hear Jesus describe himself as the living water- the ‘water of life’. I think about how often I have tried to make something happen for myself, sometimes at the start I don't realise that this is what I'm doing… and having made something happen, having striven, then I feel that what I have achieved is mine to do what I want with… I grasp hold of it with a firm grip and perhaps even find some sense of myself in its achievement… only when I slowly come to the realisation that I am still thirsty and unfulfilled, do I open my hands to receive true life-giving water from God. I pray, as I look at my apple tree, that I might have a more accurate awareness of the source of the goodness around me, that in my gratitude to God I might be less determined to grasp hold of what I think I have achieved and more generous with the blessings I have received. I pray that I would know the life-giving JEREMIAH 2.13, JOHN 4 & source of the Spirit of God flowing within me and through me to bring life to others. May this be true for you also. JOHN 7. 37-39 1 DID YOU KNOW?… LISTENING TO AUTUMN • the crab-apple is the most important Autumn is slipping through summers branches and ancestor of the cultivated apple, and more I am listening. than 6,000 varieties have been bred over I am listening to the dying the centuries, a third of which still survive. flowing forth from autumn’s being. •many of the most famous apple names I am listening to the life hidden in the dying. come from less than illustrious beginnings- the Keswick Codlin from the garden rubbish I am listening to the trees taking off their lush green at Ulverston Castle and Shaw’s Pippin from a garments. council refuse tip in Hertfordshire! I am listening to the leaves turning, turning, ever turning. •it was traditional to wassail around apple I am listening to the burning bush of autumn. trees on Christmas Eve and leave a mug of I am listening to the falling of this season. cider for the Apple Tree Man who resided in the oldest tree in the orchard. He in turn I am listening to the song of transformation, protected the trees and, in folk lores told to the wisdom of the season, about him, rewarded the generous. to the losses and the grieving, (Info from ‘Flora Britannica’ Richard Mabey & to the turning loose and letting go, ‘Botanical Folk Lores’ Lisa Schneidau) I am listening to the surrender of autumn. I am listening to the music of the forest’s undergrowth, to the crunch of leaves beneath my feet, to the miracle of crumbling leaves becoming earth again. I am listening to the beauty and fragility of ageing… …I’m listening to a call for inner growth, to my need to let go of material possessions, to my need to reach out for invisible gifts, I am listening to a call for transformation. I am listening to the death of old ways. WHAT IS ‘CREATIONTIDE’? I am listening to the life force turning inward. Creationtide or the Season of Creation is the I am listening to the renewal of the earth. period in the annual church calendar, from 1st September to 4th October, dedicated to God as I am listening to summer Creator and Sustainer of all life. handing over autumn. The Season of Creation is a time to renew our I am listening to the poetry of autumn. relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and Excerpt from a reflection by Macrina Wiederkehr commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the Taken from ‘The Circle of Life’ 2005 by Joyce Rupp & ecumenical family in prayer and action for our Macrina Wiederkehr. Used by permission of Ave Maria common home. Press. All rights reserved. 2.
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