August 20th - Reflection

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Readings
Esther 8:1-10:3
For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming on my people? - Esther 8:6a
1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:13
Psalms 37:1-11
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. - Psalms 37:4
Proverbs 21:23-24

Reflection
Faith, hope and love...You are a child of mine. Think about the children of this world; so vastly different, yet a thread of common love throughout each one. Each child created in the image of God yet all so different one from the other. Some children have been set in rich environments, some poor, some in peace, some in the midst of war. Children that begin in struggle and others that begin in the lap of luxury. Yet each and all called to the wonderful opportunity of being a "Child of God." Each child called and gifted. Each child specially placed in time and space by the will of God.

Faith, hope and love...In each circumstance at some time or another sin, death, illness and struggle comes into the life of each child. As children of God we are filled with faith and hope. We are all children of God. We all are privileged to be given the love of God. Every day as we rise, God fills us anew with His loving Grace and Compassion. He fills us, gives us what we need, and sends us to do the calling He has set before us, day after day. How will you, or how will I, respond? How will we respond as the corporate Body of Christ?

Faith, hope and love...You are a child of God...Take delight in God and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Faith, hope and love...You are a child of God...and the greatest of these is Love.

Thanks be to God!

Prayer
Lord, You alone are the desire of my heart. Thanks for the gifts of faith, hope and love with which You fill me each day. Now as I go to serve You this day in Your Kingdom; may I clearly hear Your call that I may respond as Your Child of God...today, tomorrow and forever. ---Amen