This week: God as the first day of the week. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com. God as the first day of the week is the opportunity to open doors - all of them. It is in the presence of this God that we can step into the day, look around, and take hold of the unfolding of God's Reign. It becomes the first day of life that is not able to be contained by any other power. It is the day of liberation and freedom. It is the day of reconciliation and hopefulness. God as the first day of the week shapes the character of what is possible. Therefore, we are never left with only a few choices for what we are able to do in life. Rather, the day is open to the wideness of God's creative power that comes even when we have experience death and any of its forms. God as the first day of the week is the power to be a part of the creative process of justice and peace and mercy and kindness re-making all things. O God of love and new life, we are so often aware of the door through which we are not able to go - doors we have been told are closed to us. And yet, you open those doors and bid us to enter and experience life beyond the many ways we have been restricted and held back. Lead us through those doors, O God. Amen. |
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