God’s Children Now--Feb. 18, 2022

[From Feb. 17, 2012 archive; 

adapted from my journal of Feb. 18, 2000]

 

We are your children now.  

We do not know what we will be; 

but we trust we will see you as you are, 

that we will be with you; and that is enough.

 

Surround us with your steadfast love, 

and protect us from wickedness--

the wickedness of others and

our wicked propensities.

 

Teach us to give freely

and to receive graciously.

 

You sent Jesus into the world;

send us, too, to serve in his name.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

Gen. 32:22-33:17

1 John 3:1-10

John 10:31-42

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 32:10

Many are the torments of the wicked, 
          but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.

 

Gen. 33:9

But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

 

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed.  What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

 

John 10:36

“…can you say that the one whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world is blaspheming because I said, ‘I am God's Son’?  …” [Jesus to those who wanted to stone him]