| I have also spent time listening to the voices in scripture. I offer these verses from scripture that I have been reading, meditating on, and pondering, in light of all that is happening in our county and in our world. I invite you to join with me in reading these with me as we seek to be the people that God longs for us to be…who he calls us to be...a people reflecting His image in this hurting and broken world. Perhaps as you read, you might pray “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done!” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. Psalm 89:14 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11 We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1John 4:19-21 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends… 1Corinthians 13:4-8a Blessings, Matthew+ | |
