re-finding
while gardening this weekend, i found something of potential on an "old parts pile" from my landlord's remodeling/construction business. a tangled, burnt mass of wire wrapped itself in the other rusted items but already i could see that it formed a perfectly proportioned cross.
excited, i carefully salvaged it, straightening some of the wires and bending others. the middle was empty and needed just the right focal point. the red leather heart-shaped pilgrim's purse a friend brought back for me from france came to mind. and it was perfect! placing the heart in the middle of the coils, i hung the re-found cross the wall.
that was saturday. today is monday and when i went to school, i discovered that my boss, having no idea about my weekend creation, had placed a book in my mailbox for me called "making crosses: a creative connection to God" by ellen morris prewitt. looking at the found-object pictures, my eye fell on the chapter, "whatever we do, God can work with it."
i found out that the piece of metal served as the backing hook to an old holiday wreath and was all that remained after the bonfire. christmas for easter. i thought of Jesus' birth and how this hook now came to symbolize His ultimate sacrifice of transformative love on our behalf. the author writes, "you too, are trying to make a cross. together, we will build our crosses, we will share with each other what God means in our lives. And God, in the infinite wisdom that belongs to the Divine, will smile at our handmade, broken, inept gifts of glory."
what will you find to make your cross?
excited, i carefully salvaged it, straightening some of the wires and bending others. the middle was empty and needed just the right focal point. the red leather heart-shaped pilgrim's purse a friend brought back for me from france came to mind. and it was perfect! placing the heart in the middle of the coils, i hung the re-found cross the wall.
that was saturday. today is monday and when i went to school, i discovered that my boss, having no idea about my weekend creation, had placed a book in my mailbox for me called "making crosses: a creative connection to God" by ellen morris prewitt. looking at the found-object pictures, my eye fell on the chapter, "whatever we do, God can work with it."
i found out that the piece of metal served as the backing hook to an old holiday wreath and was all that remained after the bonfire. christmas for easter. i thought of Jesus' birth and how this hook now came to symbolize His ultimate sacrifice of transformative love on our behalf. the author writes, "you too, are trying to make a cross. together, we will build our crosses, we will share with each other what God means in our lives. And God, in the infinite wisdom that belongs to the Divine, will smile at our handmade, broken, inept gifts of glory."
what will you find to make your cross?
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