An un-scattering

Amanda MacQuarrie April 10, 2025 6 1

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Jeremiah 31: 9-10 (NIV)

9 

They will come with weeping;
    they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
    on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,
    and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

10 

‘Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:
“He who scattered Israel will gather them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.”

A scattering,

Chaos and clamouring, 

Heading off in as many directions as there are items.

Thrown, jostled, hurt, bruised…

Dislocation, confusion and disarray

As tiny,

Once loved items fall in between floorboards and cracks,

Skyting under furniture and skirting…

And there they settle, 

Time shifts,

Dust gathers around them…

All seem forgotten…

Until…

What was done is undone…

And what was scattered, un-scattered.

Remembered,

Sought,

Located,

Found,

Brought in,

Reunited,

Returned.

Not one left out,

Not one unfound,

All returned,

Cherished,

As one by one 

All marvelled at and remembered,

Gathered lovingly in.

Seeds, marbles, coins, sheep…

You and me…

No matter the cracks we fall between,

No matter what dust settles…

No matter where we are scattered…

There is one who seeks us,

Knows us, 

Remembers us…

And who longs to find us and gather us in…

Un-scatter us,

Make us whole

And restore us to the place where we belonged all along…

Prayer:

Un-scatterer,

Gatherer,

Re-maker…

You gather up the broken, scattered shards of my life,

And in you they are re-made,

Re-configured,

Re-membered…

Put together so that I am whole again…

Thank you!

Thank you for the love that remembers me,

Seeks me,

Finds me,

And lovingly scoops me up,

Gently moulding me back together,

Restoring me to life.

Amen.