Where do you see God?
To the editor:
At the beginning of Christ Lutheran Church’s worship, Pastor Sharon asked the congregation, “Where or with whom did you experience our Father God?” I stood and replied, “in the clouds.” You see, that morning, the clouds were not dreary but huge white and fluffy. The cloud formation reminded me of a giant citadel surrounded by a tall wall. This formation reminded me that my Father God, in “Majesty, rises the clouds to our rescue” (Deuteronomy 33:27).
I also saw a giant cloud that appeared as my seated German shepherd, “Nobi.” The word, Nobi comes from the Old Testament Hebrew remaining prophet. And I thought, yes, Nobi, like a good prophet, pointed to the good qualities of our Father God. Nobi was filled with a nonjudgmental love of all people and simultaneously my wife and I felt secure under his protective eye. Sadly, now I must report that Nobi has now joined all the animals around the throne of our Father God (Revelation 4: 11- 13). I pray that you may see your Father God and his creation, in the stranger, in the sick, in those in need, and yes, dogs. (Matthew 25:36) after all God is dog spelled backwards.
The Rev. Roger Lemke
St. James City
(Editor’s note: The above letter is a corrected version of the letter published in last week’s Eagle. The Eagle regrets the errors.)