glue
A Pilgrimage to the Cross
Walking through Lent with Jesus
Thursday 24th March
I'm sticking with you
'cos I'm made out of glue
Velvet Underground
What would it be like to be made out of glue?
Sticky, I suppose.
The problem with glue is that it’s indiscriminate about what it sticks to. In fact, whatever blows past tends to stick. Dirt, dust, random crumbs or hairs- in fact, glue seems to attract all sorts of rubbish. If glue is not applied very carefully and deliberately, and joined exactly and completely to what it is intended to stick to, any stray bits of glue leaking from round the edges can soon become unsightly. The leaking glue might stick to something else that has to be torn off, causing the whole project to be less than it might have been. Or if not enough of the glue was touching the object, the join becomes unstable and can easily get unstuck.
If I were made out of glue, who would I stick to? Wholeheartedly, completely, so that no passing rubbish has a chance to stick, so that no unwanted bits have to be torn off, so that the join is strong and not easily separated?
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8: 38, 39
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