Monday, June 14, 2021

Devotion-New Beginnings


2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17
Epistle Lesson for Sunday, June 13th
With reasoned logic
    We make choices
That shape our daily living
           Having decided, we move on
 
There are other matters however
          Driven by deeper feelings
Which catch our mind and heart
Not letting us go
 
Paul told Corinthian Christians
           That the gospel compelled him
The good news of God’s love
           Had captured his heart forever
 
This Divine compulsion
           Turned his life upside down
He put aside what he knew
           Letting go, and letting God
 
Our faith is likewise formed by assumptions
           But when grace finally catches us
False illusions under the law give way
           To the chance of graceful new beginnings
 
Like Paul, we also become compelled
           To see ourselves and others
Through the prism of the Cross
          Beggars joyfully healed and free+
A Devotion By Rev. Donald Schaefer,
Northern Region Facilitator
for Mission Engagement

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