Sunday, September 11, 2022
Painted Sky,
by God’s Hand.
First Samuel 24:20
Now I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.
Words of Grace For Today
While the world is going to hell in a hand basket …
While the world is filled with wonders and profound goodnesses …
While the world is filled with the results of so much hate …
While the world is permeated with the effects of unselfish love …
Whether we be made king, or remain paupers forgotten by all …
How will we respond to all that comes our way?
With all that would we consider everything good our right, our due, and justified in the presence of so much evil?
With all that would we consider ourselves noble, and kingly?
Or shall we remember the humble, corruptions buried or not in our closets, and the amazing gracious response of God’s forgiveness and renewal to our shtako and uncreating messes, and with gratitude offer that same grace back to a world so hungry for evidence that our accumulated evil will not have the upper hand, that our futures will be bleak on the slide to extinction or worse (survival in unlivable conditions)!
Let us this day choose as if God has made us ‘king’ of our little part of the universe, so unforgotten by most everyone. Let us reflect God’s amazing grace no matter what comes our way.
How about that for a day’s plan, that only God can carry out, and we get to bask in!