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Life Lessons
Learning To See Clearly
I had never paid much attention to the lilies until they were out of focus
We’re at a little church that we’ve visited several times lately. It’s just a big country church with good, friendly people.
Nothing fake here.
There is one problem, however. And I hate to bring it up.
But …
There are pieces of artwork on either side of the front wall, on both sides of the preacher. It’s metal ironwork with curves and circles.
The iron forms a fleur de lis, a flower lily. It’s the symbol that the New Orleans Saints NFL football team uses. It’s also the symbol numerous churches have used for thousands of years.
Sometimes people use the fleur de lis to refer to Mary the mother of Jesus, or to the Holy Spirit, or as a symbol of the Trinity.
It’s flexible like that.
But the lily, per se, isn’t the problem.
The difficulty here is worthy of a Sunday-afternoon-long congregational meeting to discuss. Naps would be missed, football games would go unseen, and meals uneaten.
So, here it is — the big problem:
