Once again I found this in my collection of articles, but am not sure how it came into my possession. During this Lenten season I believe it is a good article to share.
Loren Eiseley, a naturalist, tells a story about a star thrower. He was in the seaside town of Costabel
One morning, however, Eiseley got up unusually early, and discovered a solitary figure on the beach. This man, too, was gathering starfish, but each time he found one alive he would pick it up and throw it as far as he could out beyond the breaking surf, back to the nurturing ocean from which it came. As days went by, Eiseley found this man embarked on his mission of mercy each morning, seven days a week, no matter the weather.
Eiseley called this man “The Star Thrower.” On the beach in Costabel, everything that Eiseley had been taught about evolution and the survival of the fittest was contradicted by one man. For this man, strong as he was, reached down to save the weak. Eiseley wondered if there is a star-thrower at work in the universe, a God who contradicts death, a God whose nature is mercy itself.
During this season of Lent, our focus is on the Cross. This cross is one of the ways that human beings said NO to life. And yet, through the cross of Jesus, God says a resounding Yes to life. Through this cross of Jesus, God reaches down to save us from ourselves. Through this cross of Jesus, God rescues us from certain death – he hurls us back into the fullness of life. And he invites us to take up our crosses and follow him – to become star throwers ourselves, cherishing life for all people. Through the Cross of Jesus, God invites us to join our voices with his in a resounding YES to life.
No comments:
Post a Comment