May our hearts be transformed. May we live out of our true selves for today and let go of all that has become false. May we be nourished enough to make the world a little more just, a little more kind, and a little more loving. May we be a source of hope and light in a world of despair and darkness.
Romans 6:12-14
12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13No longer present your members to sin as instruments* of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments* of righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
1) "...instruments of wickedness;" "...those who have been brought from death to life;" "...instruments of righteousness;" "...under grace."
2) Why do I find it so hard to remember that we have been brought from death to life? Its happened, I have been brought from death to life. We have been brought from death to life. More than once... again and again, I get distracted, busy, overwhelmed, fearful. We are "under grace," so act like it. What is it like to be under grace? There is freedom there, freedom from anxiety, judgement, isolation. We are under grace. We are called to be instruments of righteousness under grace. Read, "right relationship" for "righteousness" not "self-righteousness." We are called to be instruments of right relationship: to reconcile, to make amends, to know our past, to say we are sorry, to find hope in the healing and new life that has already happened.
3) What is the invitation in all this? To shake away the dominion of sin and embrace the dominion of grace. To seek right relationship.
"Holy One, make us instruments of right relationship under grace."
Breathprayer: "Instruments of righteousness... under grace."
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