God as invitation. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]The invitation to come and enter into the fullness of the Reign of God is a constant,
never-ending reality. God as invitation takes us where we are and gives us the next
steps for our lives. God invites us to look around and see the ever-present Lord
of Life ready to move us into the next moment - the next hour - the next day. The
invitation is always around us. There are other invitations that come into our reach
or are place in our hands. God as invitation offers us that peace that disturbs
the world by its simple presence. We are invited into peace even when violence takes
its toll at innocent events like Monday's marathon in Boston. The crushing power
of that act - the evil that rises up to destroy life - also becomes the invitation
to life that is not full of that violence. So God as invitation is there present
in the mess and the destruction - always present with the invitation to heal and
forgive and lift up the broken ones and mourn with those who suffer great loss.
God as invitation pursues us no matter what the day may be offering us.
O God of love and new life, even when life seems to come to an abrupt end we prayerfully
ask that you hand us a way to begin and continue to invite transformation and reconciliation.
Amen.
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