Indeed, what once had glory has lost its glory because of the greater glory;
(2 Corinthians 3.10
NRSV)
Henry Sloane Coffin once told of three young Englishmen
who, in April 1848, found themselves in Paris in the midst of the
revolution which overthrew King Louis Philippe. One of them kept
a diary of their trip. There is one entry describing the sack of
the Palace of the Tuilleries by a mob. Everything was being
smashed, when suddenly the mob reached the chapel, broke in the
doors, and found themselves confronting the huge painting of the
crucified Christ behind the altar. Someone called out, "Hats
off." Heads were bared, most of the crowd knelt down, and the
picture was carried out to a neighboring church in "the most
utter silence--`you might have heard a fly buzz.'"
Even the mob knew there is someone bigger than earthly
revolutions.
Loving God, through all of the ups and downs of life remind me that you are greater than them. Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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