Thursday, May 28, 2020
No one to bring me to the water
and it’s all frozen hard.
Help.
Help us all through the ice of sin and shame.
Psalms 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
John 5:7-8
The sick man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk.’
Words of Grace For Today
If ever there were a time when loneliness and afflictions were shared by so many people, even those who are not caught alone by the Covid 19 restrictions!
So we pray: God turn to us/to me, be gracious to us/to me. We’ve waited years for someone to carry us to the living water and immerse us in it so that our body, mind, and soul could be healed. Now we know, we only need Jesus to speak a Word, and we will be made whole again.
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We are, since our baptisms, the hands, feet, and voice of Christ, anointed to bring the living Word to those in need.
Stand up, be counted among the saints, and speak.
Today speak with the holy healing whispers of the wind as the Spirit inspires you.
So many people thirst for the water that will make them whole.
Today speak of the water that overflows our cups giving all more than enough to drink.
So many people hunger to hear the word that will make them whole.
Today speak simple words of Jesus’ love renewed yet again in us, for all people.
Today, be God’s grace for others. ‘Pay the rent on the air you breathe’ today by doing Grace.