Friday, September 9, 2022
What Washes Over Us?
Our Selfish Whims and Desires?
Or
God’s Healing Balm?
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for you are my praise.
Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard this, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’
Words of Grace For Today
It’s a good thing Jesus came to call the sinners, or there would be no one to call.
Our sins are so destructive, and so many, and so varied, and many are so hidden (as if there were a secret kept from God!), and so obvious that it is a wonder the world still works at all.
That’s just how it is.
Good thing Jesus came to call sinners, because we’ve got ‘em in spades, right here at home.
Of course it is easier, more comfortable, and seemingly so much more effective to point to others as the real sinners. They of course get our condemnations and shaming and shunning and …
And they get God’s forgiveness, while we spin our self-righteous tales and wheels unable to make any real progress in life.
What is progress in life forgiven by God?
It is to turn from focusing on oneself and one’s life and difficulties, to working to help others live better, but making the world a fairer place. Fairer is that everyone gets to confess, and be healed and renewed, and to be sent out to do the same for others.
So this is today’s task: to receive healing and to offer healing. Simply said, and it’ll take all our lives to work at it. Today is just a small step, hopefully forward in God’s world.