Thursday, September 5, 2013

Redeemer Devotions for September 5, 2013

Adventures... in Hope - Redeemer Devotions 

This week: God as subverting violence. If you have any comments  - adebelak@redeemerluth.com.

 

I don't think any of us like violence. The images of the people suffering through the gas attacks in Syria are frightening and disgusting. The many ways we treat the earth violently in order to make a life we can have on our own terms is also frightening and disgusting. God as subverting violence keeps reminding us that it is God's will that we heal and make well and be caretakers of the life of the world. That is often called shalom. God as subverting violence will always lead us toward the healing peace that heals relationships of all kinds. God as subverting violence resist violence - stand in its way - lay down in front of it - demand that it leave and leave now! Therefore, God as subverting violence is not a lecture. It is a life that works in a way that is quite contradictory to the violence that runs the world and attempts to run each of our lives - and usually does. When the peace of this God as subverting violence rules, it may seem awkward - odd - strange. We have become too familiar with the violence God continues to subvert.

 

O God of love and new life, let your shalom rule and lead us.  Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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