SATURDAY, August 15
Saint Mary the Virgin
Galatians 4:6-7 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
I love trying on different understandings of God. I once heard someone describe walking outside in the imagined company of all the great thinkers of history, loved ones here and gone, wisdom known and unknown, as time spent with her higher power.
Recently, I entered the sanctuary of the nature trail behind my home. I stepped onto the trail and went on autopilot, singing thanks and praise to the heavens. A little way down the path, I stopped in my tracks—I could not be in relationship with a being in the heavens. I needed to have someone who could walk with me. I finally saw it—our deeply human need for Jesus.
God speaks to us all differently, hoping we will tell one another the good news. Thanks be to God for the Spirit!
MOVING FORWARD: How is God speaking to you right now? How will you share your good news?
Ps 34 or 34:1-9 | Isaiah 61:10-11 | Galatians 4:4-7 | Luke 1:46-55
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