Wednesday, December 23, 2020
The Wonders
of Fishers Returned
And Light
Short but Marvellous
Psalm 3:6
I am not afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
Mark 10:15
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.
Words of Grace For Today
Close to Christmas, and enemies have not relented.
And if you do not have enemies who have not relented, then perhaps you have not lived well and righteously, or courageously.
Still we like to say others cannot enter the Kingdom of God, for they are not humble like children before God.
This we say with our pride swelling, for definitely we are God’s favoured and God’s chosen and at least we are assured of great place in God’s Kingdom …
just like the disciples who argued who would be first in Jesus’ rule!
First are those who have nothing left, who like children are fully dependent on their parents, and on God, for their survival,
which is not going to be much longer on this earth
for the powers that be are quite willing to kill off those who stand righteously before them with truth and grace,
testaments to God’s Grace and Truth.
Like children then, let us take these final days to prepare for God to come, as a helpless child in our midst, as a human, suffering all we do in this hard, short and brutish life,
which by God’s blessings alone (not our material wealth or comforts or privilege) is blessed with challenges and meaningful labour, eternal and overfilled with wonders, and filled with kindnesses unending.