Questions, questions.....

2 Corinthians 3:18

¹⁸And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

Have you ever written down the questions that are being acted out in your life? As a teacher and lecturer I have watched students act out their questions through their studies and choice of profession and career. As a father I have watched my children consider their options in sport, partner, career and indeed what kind of people they are going to be. As I look back over my own life I see these and other questions unfold and my own response to them. It goes on all the time and perhaps for the most part we are unaware of them; we are just getting on with life. However, we all end up with a story to tell and we try to make meaning for ourselves and others. Becoming consciously aware of the meaning of our lives and the questions our lives are addressing was one of the central concerns of the readers of the New Testament and Hebrew Scriptures. They understood that the questions of life were and are addressed through the story and stories that unfold in the bible. There is an ongoing offer to us to consider our life story in developing our understanding of life in relationship with these ancient stories of life and how life unfolds and makes meaning. The apostle Paul and those he addressed considered that life in the light of the story of Jesus was transformational; this process is the divine method used by the Holy Spirit to transform human life. The time has come to consider the questions of our lives in the light of the life of Jesus. Tomorrow we begin a new series of reflections on these questions of life using scripture as a mirror and make meaning consciously aware. Why? Because we need to take action in the light of the story of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit to be progressively transformed into the people God has created us to be.