Liturgy: “Redeemer of all Blood Sugars”
In this world we face so much brokenness – sickness, weariness, pain, betrayal, death. Jesus came to make all things new. He came to heal the broken and make us whole again.
What is the King’s Liturgy? King’s Liturgy defines our experience together as a Christian community. It outlines the rhythms we celebrate with the Church at large: Scripture readings, Sabbath habits, and celebration of Holy Days and historical events.
This Week’s Lectionary Readings
Isaiah 65:17-25
Isaiah 12:2-6
Luke 21:5-19
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
This week’s liturgy is contributed by Michelle Lambdin, Housing Director:
When I was 11 years old I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a life changing disease. Not a day since has gone by without considering my diet, carb-counting, taking my blood sugars, and giving insulin injections several times a day. Managing diabetes is a job and one that I will have for rest of my life unless I am healed by God or there is an advancement in science that cures this disease. While I was devastated and scared those first few days, I had no idea how much it would affect my life. I had no idea how hormones, stress, exercise, or even a cold would affect me differently due to diabetes. In September, my younger sister Joy was also diagnosed with diabetes. The disease is hereditary – like me, she did nothing to bring the onset of diabetes. It was in our DNA.
Watching my sister take on the same tasks I have had with this disease has been heart-wrenching. I know the frustration and pain I see in her eyes and hear in her voice when her blood sugars are high or low and nothing she does is making it right. The thought of something being a part of you for the rest of your life is daunting and overwhelming. Whether it is a good or bad thing, it can be difficult to wrap your brain around that long a period of time. My sweet Joyful and I will have diabetes, and all that entails, for the rest of our lives on this earth.
But against this often overwhelming discouragement is the God-given hope and promise that one day there will be a new heaven and a new earth. There, we will not labor in vain. We will rejoice and be glad. We will not be in tears or distress. We will not have diabetes. In fact, Isaiah also says that in that place the former things shall not even be remembered or come to mind. In this world we face so much brokenness – sickness, weariness, pain, betrayal, death. Jesus came to make all things new. He came to heal the broken and make us whole again. So while I prepare to give my fourth insulin shot today and text my sister to ask what her blood sugars were before dinner, I thank God for His salvation and choose to rest in the hope that one day we will sit in a new place without a thought to blood sugars or injections.