Friday, September 18, 2020
Great Beauty
is always
Despite the weeds
and intrusions
Isaiah 61:8
For I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
No one wrongs or exploits a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
Words of Grace For Today
Forgiveness is our manner of living with everyone.
For Jesus, the primary command for us and others is to love one another, even our enemies, to forgive 7 times 77.
Yet not all that Jesus is about is forgiveness, as we read today, Jesus is also the avenger of robbers and wrongdoers, and for those who wrong and exploit a brother or sister.
This is quite the thing, another side of Jesus’ Word for us.
Where are we supposed to go with this?
Are we supposed to love and forgive? Or are we suppose to let the sin and Evil of every day and person rot in our hearts as we wait for God to avenge the wrongs done to us?
What is this?
If one cannot walk on water, or trust God’s other miracles, there is no way we know what to do with these passages, God’s Word.
It is rather simple in the end.
Our life is all about loving one another and forgiving each other, and even our enemies.
Any avenging is left up to God.
We live forgiveness. We trust God.
Evil that comes our way is easier to forgive when we know that God will deal with what cannot be forgiven.
That’s how we celebrate all that God has done and continues to do for us.
Do not fear. God is with us.