Scripture: Acts 26:20 (the Message)
I started preaching this life-change – this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life – right there in Damascus, went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, and from there to the whole world.
Thought for the Day: My friend, Rev. Michael Junkroski, wrote the following prayer that caught my attention, and like any good prayer, it provided a new entry point into the presence of God. Michael wrote, “Shake me into consciousness, God of all consciousness! I’m tired of sleeping in the world of violence. Awaken me to your world of love, and send me forth as a beacon of hope in a world that mistakenly thinks it’s hopeless. Amen” (April 19, 2013). How often have I become satisfied with what is not of God because the hopelessness I feel in regard to change has skewed my vision of God’s possibilities. And at the end of the day, is it my job to change the world or be a living example of God’s loving presence in the world? I believe the latter is our calling, and because it is God’s love we are demonstrating, it is already changing the world.
Prayer: Your amazing love, O God of all life, is making a change within me. May my willingness to remain tapped into that love allow others to experience and welcome its amazing power. Amen.
