We continue with words from Jurgen Moltmann.
For people who believe in God for Christ's sake, God's righteousness and justice can be perceived, not from the law of the cosmos or the course of history, but from the life, self-surrender and resurrection of Christ, his presence and future.
What is it we see in the life of Jesus. Let's not look at some theory about his life. Let's look at his life and the vulnerability that creates life within a vicious and judging world. Let's look at how intimate he was with those who were to be kept at arms length or just outside of shouting distance. Let's talk about justice and love not as a hypothetical notion about which we can debate until there is no action taken, but let's talk about the life that defines justice and love and let's reflect on how it is a life that is available to us. We too can offer ourselves as vulnerable lovers of others because we are first loved and filled with worth that needs no self-inflation. Present and to come...is the Christ among us.
Connection: No time like the present to walk out of our box and encounter the world with the love and sense of justice that moved Jesus through his days.
Give us vision, Lord of Mercy and all Hopefulness, so that as we move through this day we may see it fresh through the lenses of your grace and love. Amen.
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