This week: God as lavish. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]I know I should refer to God as lavish love - grace - mercy - etc. But I also know
that I would have to use a bunch of words to put out there the many ways God is
lavishly for us. So why not just refer to God as lavish. No matter what it is, God
lays in on fully and completely - beyond our expectations. Even when the people
of God chose to go many other ways than the way in which God was calling them to
go, God continues to pour out a love that goes beyond sensibleness. God is over-the-top
when it comes to showing God's face to God's people. The high vitality of that demonstration
- of love let's say - is the power to bring home the lost and help turn around those
who have left to go another way - live another life - praise some god of their own
choosing. God as lavish never ceases to make a bit deal of how God will unfold our
future with joy and new life. In many ways, when people think of the word judgment
in the Scriptures, it is the simple showing that we have pick something less than
this God as lavish to be the way we live our lives. The judgment shows us what we
are missing - the God who overwhelms without ever pulling back.
O God of love and new life, your love for us turns our heads. It is in that turning
that we see once again the life you offer to us in this day and all the days to
come. Blessed are you, O God, for grabbing our attention with your lavishness. Amen.
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