The Image of God

Living in Covenant

A Fulfilled Covenant

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Hearts United in Love

Colossians 1:15-20 The Message

Christ Holds It All Together

15-18 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everythinggot started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body.
18-20 He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.

For Reflection

God created all of Creation and called it good! Jesus, the Christ, confirms that goodness. We, humans, are intended to live in harmony with the Creation.  Because made in the image of God, we are free to choose and not puppets of God, living in the symphony of Creation for us is a choice.  The dissonance of our lives is resolved in the harmony of God.

Pray

Pray and listen to the music of the Creation. Sing the harmonies of God. Play instruments of joy. Punctuate your life with the drumming of Justice. Trust in the composer of all things.

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