I kent yer Grannie, Hyacinth

August 24, 2020 0 1

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Isaiah 51: 1-6 (NIV)

1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
    and who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham, your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.
3 The Lord will surely comfort Zion
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
    her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

4 “Listen to me, my people;
    hear me, my nation:
Instruction will go out from me;
    my justice will become a light to the nations.
5 My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation is on the way,
    and my arm will bring justice to the nations.
The islands will look to me
    and wait in hope for my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,
    the earth will wear out like a garment
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation will last forever,
    my righteousness will never fail.

I kent yer Grannie.

Have you heard that old Scottish phrase and did you know that it can have two very different meanings? The first is just as it sounds, the speaker is aquatinted with the individual’s grandmother.

The second version is usually said in a different tone of voice and accompanied by a knowing stare. It is intended to make it crystal clear that the speaker knows the exact origins of the other person. Whatever airs and graces he or she is affecting, fancy clothes they wear, top of the range car they might drive or accent they have adopted, I know just who you are and where you came from.

Family relationships can be split wide apart by the acquisition of fame, power, position or wealth where the person acquiring them wants to leave far behind a more humble background. They really want to forget where they started and any reminders of it, including family members. They have reinvented themselves as a new and they think better version.

Over the years situation comedies and films have used this premise to great effect, for those old enough to remember Hyacinth Bucket in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ is just one example. While the Mrs Bucket version is extreme, if we are honest we all put on a facade to a lesser of greater extent. We show the world our best side, not our worst and doing so can become stressful for some.

Those of us who are lucky have supportive families where we can be completely authentic, our true self, no pretence required. We all however have that same refuge in Jesus, we are already known heart and soul. We are accepted for who and what we are be that good or ill. What a blessing.

PRAYER:

Rich or poor
The promise of salvation is there
Famous or unknown
The promise of salvation is there
Saint or sinner
The promise of salvation is there
Now and forever
The promise of salvation there
Amen.