Lent - Day 27, March 23

The Readings for today are: Psalms 89:1-52; Jere 16:10-21; Rom 7:1-12 & John 6:1-15

It's a blustery early Spring day outside. The wind is blowing around 30mph and it's raining (but not snowing - yeah). Inside it's warm and comfortable. How can something so different exist in the same place? We know the answer, it's the insulated structure we call the house, and it's the heat to warm it.

The readings reminded me of that today...there's a wind blowing in the early readings...it's not well out there and it's because of things like sin, unfaithfulness, disobedience, choices that are selfish and disregarding of either God or others. Paul's reminder is that the law is good in pointing all of this out. We wouldn't know how to describe the "outside of God" part of life without the law. It's our weather report for the world we walk into.
And then there's God's love, his faithfulness, his righteousness fulfilled in His son, our Savior, the Lord Jesus. Because of him we are safe, warmed inside of his righteousness, forgiven and adopted into this household of God.

Stay warm!

A Prayer:
"Father, your love reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the stars, your righteousness is like a mighty mountain. Because of you we live and breathe and have our being. Help me/us to never forget the greatness and the majesty that is you, and the wonder and joy that is mine. Amen."

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