Prayer:
Almighty God, may we listen to
Your voice this day so that we can live this day in joy and praise. We thank You for what we already have in our
life. We lift up in prayer our family
and our friends. Remind
us today to love You with all of our being. Remind us through the reading and scripture
and the praying of prayers that we remember each day to live in Your
presence. Amen.
Read St. Luke 21: 20 – 24
This portion of scripture is often known as
The Fate of Jerusalem… or the Days of Vengeance. Either title gives the reader a clue that
this portion of scripture is icky. In
reading these words, we know that
something horrible happened or will happen.
Why would St Luke include horrible words in with the Good News of Jesus
Christ? Because such is reality. Bad stuff happens. If we ignore God and rely upon our own
decisions and our own views and forget God,
we cut ourselves off from God.
When we cut ourselves off from God there is nothing but loneliness.
Some people believe that God sends bad
stuff to happen. This is not true. God
is with us and loves us all of our lives.
God does not leave when bad stuff happens. When bad stuff happens this
is not God reeking vengeance on us.
Nope. Not at all. God is continually with us. So why do we frequently go through bad stuff
and only seem to see God’s hand in our lives when the bad stuff is over? That is because we only stop and open
ourselves up to listen to God once bad stuff is over.
Jesus was instructing the disciples that
bad stuff would happen. It is a part of
life. Remember that God is always with
us in all of our walks of life. Christ
was sent so that we are forgiven in anything that we do. Hope and love abide even when sometimes all
we can see is the bad stuff that is happening.
But remember that God is our hope and our strength during times of
happiness and bad stuff and joy.
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