Bible readings

[Beth Rankin]

Oh, I like this also Barbara!!!

 

There were two from the past week that jumped out at me:

 

Sat, 15 December
The Lord said to Abraham, “Leave your country, your kinsfolk and your father’s house for the land I will show you.” And Abraham set out, as the Lord had told him.
Gn 12:1-5

and

Mon, 17 December
Peter writes: God is not slow in carrying out his promises, as some people think. Rather, God is being patient with you, wanting no one to be lost and for all to be brought to repentance.
2 P 3:8-9,13-14

 

When I think of the pathway I have walked, something quite different than what my parents imagined for me, I know that the purpose has been to explore and to be open to new ideas.  There has to be a reason for my comfort in "straying" so far.  And yet, even as I explore, even as I search and remain open to new concepts and new places, I remember my roots and my foundation.

 

Further, to be reminded that all things will become clear over time is also a comfort.  So often I demanded much more instant gratification to my prayers.  Now, having lived through the slow loss of a loved one and trying to figure out the "why" of it, I have learned to let go, and let God.  (Maybe some of those Program sayings are right for all of us) 

 

Beth Rankin

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[Barbara Ladner]

Yes, I often feel that "openness" to the "spirit" is a corrective to much that afflicts us: uncertainty, materialism, "sin." Humans often want to codify repentance as a specific action, but if we turn our hearts to God, often the spirit leads us, not back to change something that is past, but on to a new way of being that depends more on God and helps us avoid past "mistakes."