Our lesson that Rawd spoke to us tonight was about the living and the dead. Tying it to how we live our lives and the death that we sometimes struggle with. This led us to a cemetery. Before we walked through the gates, we stopped for a moment of reflection, speaking about the "DASH". There are two dates on each tombstone, one the day a person is born and the second the day that person dies. Our challenge was to reflect on the significance of our lives or the "dash" between the dates. We have one chance, one life to make a difference and what we do with each day signifies how we define "our dash". We were asked to wander quietly through this cemetery, take time to reflect on peoples dates, their dashes. Many of the grave markers were tall, stately, read words of love and respect, and others, dates worn, graves crumbled, unkempt, neglected. After a while we were asked to meet up with each other and Rawd shared a song that reflected on how the world treats God. When its good, it's very good and God is good and when it's bad, it's ugly and that's how the world sees our God. But we as believers entrust our faith in a God who is good all the time, even through our pain and struggle. We shared hurts, struggles and prayed for each other and for those who we encounter each day. Our journal entry was: "Grave Thoughts", our reflections on our time spent in the cemetery.
