Dreams that redirect
• Country directions (Pelly)
• Map reading
• GPS (finding cathedral)
Need to have some form of direction to get us to where we’re going to.
What happens when we detour?
Roadblocks – wrong turns – unexpected one way streets – disturbed timelines.
We re-calculate.
So what happens when God takes us off course?
Realistically: God doesn’t.
God brings us on the course we’re meant to be following.
In the timeline God needs.
Joseph: dreams – vision – brought him on the course with Mary
Census – brought him to the land where he needed to be
Magi – start at their own locations, with own intentions, get re-directed.
Connected, united; brought to the child to worship – and teach us the blessing of praise.
Again. – Joseph – prophetic dream: don’t go home.
Instead, the path is taken guides in an unexpected way
Which hindsight shows to be the right way.
Invitation to listen to where God is guiding us
Sometimes we’re on the right path
Sometimes we get to explore a different path
Faith is our guidance system:
It’s why we benefit from faith community – together, discerning, directing
Faith leads us where God wants us.
Not always perfect journey – but God blesses us along the way.
Always a way to explore, serve, pray, and praise.
Today as we celebrate baptism, we celebrate the journey
The knowns, the unknowns, the unimagineables:
For [NAME] this journey continues –
As the dream and hopes of family are helping to guide and influence throughout life
As the prayer of our whole Christian community gathers to uplift and support his journey
As we all connect: the family of God – serving the people of God – wherever we are on our own pathway to God.
• Country directions (Pelly)
• Map reading
• GPS (finding cathedral)
Need to have some form of direction to get us to where we’re going to.
What happens when we detour?
Roadblocks – wrong turns – unexpected one way streets – disturbed timelines.
We re-calculate.
So what happens when God takes us off course?
Realistically: God doesn’t.
God brings us on the course we’re meant to be following.
In the timeline God needs.
Joseph: dreams – vision – brought him on the course with Mary
Census – brought him to the land where he needed to be
Magi – start at their own locations, with own intentions, get re-directed.
Connected, united; brought to the child to worship – and teach us the blessing of praise.
Again. – Joseph – prophetic dream: don’t go home.
Instead, the path is taken guides in an unexpected way
Which hindsight shows to be the right way.
Invitation to listen to where God is guiding us
Sometimes we’re on the right path
Sometimes we get to explore a different path
Faith is our guidance system:
It’s why we benefit from faith community – together, discerning, directing
Faith leads us where God wants us.
Not always perfect journey – but God blesses us along the way.
Always a way to explore, serve, pray, and praise.
Today as we celebrate baptism, we celebrate the journey
The knowns, the unknowns, the unimagineables:
For [NAME] this journey continues –
As the dream and hopes of family are helping to guide and influence throughout life
As the prayer of our whole Christian community gathers to uplift and support his journey
As we all connect: the family of God – serving the people of God – wherever we are on our own pathway to God.
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