Luke 15-But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.
Genesis 27.1-45-Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.
Psalm 20-Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.
1 Corinthians 12.12-31a-But now God has place the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.
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A meter to check the sugar level of my blood. When Sarah sees me get this thing out she cringes. About the needle some, but what she says she really can't stand to hear is the "click" of the device that releases the needle to draw the blood. I, on the other hand, don't think anything of this. I just take my blood and record the readings and move on. The "click" brings no change to me emotionally. Both Sarah and I see and hear the "click", but take it in a different way. Jesus tells a story from Luke. All the characters seem to take the love of the father from a different way. The Lost Son, welcomes his father's gracious love upon returning home. The Faithful Son is upset with his father's love and disappointed in his celebration. The Father recognizes his love as a response to having recovered someone he thought may be lost forever. All reflections on love but from a different point of view. All reflections on love with each having value to learn the Love of Christ. I can see Love when God takes me back, out of my sin. I can see Love when God recovers my soul and gives me a new life. I can see Love when God blesses me with gifts I don't deserve. I can see Love in Jesus. Love that blesses me with a birthright I don't deserve. Love that reaches beyond family order and moves the last to first. Love in and within the stories of past and present and future that reveal God's plan in motion. Love that combines the blessings freely given to each and every one of us in a Church that becomes the body of Christ. Love that allows all people to boast in the name of the Lord our God. Love that points straight to Jesus. Love that is Jesus. Yea, Sarah and I may hear a "click" and each take it differently. And Sarah and I will definitely see the Love of Jesus and receive it differently. But that is Love after all. Love that reaches out to touch each one of us in just the way we need to be touched. Love that calls each one of us peculiar and special. Love that is Jesus. Thanks be to God!
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Lord, I love you! ---Amen
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