This Sunday, we hear St. Paul's words to the church in his first letter to the Thessalonians: "How can we thank God enough for you...?"
Immediately, I thought of you. How can we thank God enough for you? How can we thank God enough for one another?
As we enter this holiday season, and pause this week to be mindful of all those things for which we give thanks, I want you to know that I am thankful for you. If you've ever received a gift that you didn't even know you wanted, or have been the recipient of another's truthful and unexpected forgiveness, or if your breath has been taken away by the beauty of a sunset across the water, or held the soft body of a newborn baby, then you know the almost instinctual response of: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." And, that feeling of, "I'm not sure what else to say!?" Thank you is a complete sentence, and it is a whole feeling. Being the rector of Epiphany affords me many moments of deep gratitude for you. We simply would not be who we are without you. I mean this with every fiber of my being and it's why Paul's simple words this week strike me. Because in a world so fraught with worry or despair, it is you, friends, our life here at Epiphany, that leads me to ask, "How can we thank God enough?"
Nick
