God of the Journey

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The Feast of Booths

Psalm 68:5-10  The Message

^5-6 Father of orphans,
    champion of widows,
        is God in his holy house.
God makes homes for the homeless,
    leads prisoners to freedom,
        but leaves rebels to rot in hell.

^7-10 God, when you took the lead with your people,
    when you marched out into the wild,
Earth shook, sky broke out in a sweat;
    God was on the march.
Even Sinai trembled at the sight of God on the move,
    at the sight of Israel’s God.
You pour out rain in buckets, O God;
    thorn and cactus become an oasis
For your people to camp in and enjoy.
    You set them up in business;
    they went from rags to riches.

For Reflection 

God is again "on the move."    Why in today's world do so many find little value in Christianity, (or, for that matter, any religion).  Why do some call themselves atheists and yet yet claim to believe in God?  In the "Age of Me" there is an alternative when "Me" is no longer satisfying, when "Me" does the community a grave injustice, when "Me" fails.
One of the major questions of our time is, "How can Christians reclaim an authentic Christianity, a Christianity which is undefiled by a history of perversions.  Can we realize the potential grace that human beings were meant to achieve?  Can we evolve beyond our fear to recognize and to release the power that resides within us to grow into Grace?  Or, must we be forever mired in the darkness of temerity?

Pray

to the living God Jesus has shown us.  Pray for the courage to accept the transformational offer which has been placed before each of us.  Pray so that you will experience life as life was meant to be, full of mystery, wonder, Love and Grace.