Lenten Devotion- This is not a Drill

I recently saw a young man wearing a Tee-shirt

 with a drawing 

of a claw hammer below the words:

 "This is Not a drill."

I laughed, thought it an appropriate 

public health message, 

and dated myself by remembering 

Peter Paul and Mary singing "If I Had a Hammer."

I sang it all the way across the soccer field.

I stepped through the door at home

 and looked at the cross artwork hanging on the wall.

I thought of that shirt in terms of the Lenten season.

  I thought of the people 

who did not answer the call 

of church bells this past Sunday,

(perhaps they never do)

 and all of the churches across our world

 that did not gather their people

together for worship.

Because a hammer was used to hammer nails 

through the hands and feet

 of the Christ, born to be crucified for me,

 I do have a bell to ring.

And all of God's people

 have a song to sing!

 

Thanks to Natalie Hartwig for her devotional thoughts

 as we move in our world in new ways and new patterns, 

especially this Lenten season.

What everyday clues might be meaningful

 in your everyday walk right now ?