Monday 12 December 2022
Morning comes so late and
then in a snowstorm,
barely at all.
Still God’s Light is with us,
more than the oil processing plant’s light
breaks the northern horizon’s
quiet.
Psalms 31:17
Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
Ephesians 5:8
For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light…
Words of Grace For Today
‘Let the wicked be put to shame and let them go to hell!’
Which is all fine and good, except that, when we are honest we have to recognize that on our own we are the wicked.
Ahhh, yes, what goes around comes around, so to speak!
We were once the darkness of the world, but now we are light. Once we were the wicked, but now we are the righteous, though we are only light and righteous because God so makes us by removing our own records from us and applying Jesus’ pure record to us in relationship to God and all creation.
So we get to live as the Light, as the Righteous, even though it is not us, but rather the Holy Spirit working in us.
And what are we to do with others who practice wicked ways still? Forgive them, so that they can repent and join the Light and the Righteous. And when they refuse to even recognize their wicked ways, and do horrendous damage to so many people, well …
well then God must deal with them.
We can work on forgiving them, or we can bind their sins, and let them know they are bound so that they know God will judge them according to truth.
As for this day, there is plenty to do to survive the cold of winter, and prepare our hearts, minds and lives for the Christ-child-come-celebration ahead.
Now is time of reflection, sombre introspection, and thanksgiving for all God does for us each day.
So we take time, time to rest and think and pray and sing and …
let God speak to us again,
and to recognize that God walks with us each day, no matter what comes our way.