God Thoughts February 22
Memorize: I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. Philemon 4,5
Read Ephesians 3:7-10 *
God’s plan was not revealed to previous generations, not
because God wanted to keep something from his people, but
because he would reveal it to everyone in his perfect timing. God
planned to have Jews and Gentiles comprise one body, the
church. It was known in the Old Testament that the Gentiles
would receive salvation (Isaiah 49:6); but it was never revealed
in the Old Testament that all Gentile and Jewish believers would
become equal in the body of Christ. Yet this equality was
accomplished when Jesus destroyed the “dividing wall of
hostility” and created “one new humanity” (Ephesians 2:14-15).
Prayer:
May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger,
at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice, freedom and Peace.
May God bless you with tears,
to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war,
so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe you can make a difference in the world,
so that you can do what others claim cannot be done,
to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor
A Franciscan Benediction
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