Devotional 9-13-20

Exodus 14:19-31,   Psalms 114,   Romans 14:1-12     Matthew 18:21-35

And then there's St. Francis, "Lord make me an instrument of your peace".  In these days of disagreement & division, it's important we make ourselves available to the breath of God to breathe the music of peace.  We walk around empty - maybe we're flutes, ready to let the creative whisperings of God make music for peace in us to share with our neighbors.  Close the street & have a dance!

Today let's be aware of the song in our heart. If we hear no melody, seek til we have one!  We're too easily distracted & the day can escape us to no good end. Today let's be aware. Be present to the still small voice singing to us.  Let's open ourselves as an instrument to be played, making a melody for healing, comfort & community.  We all need one another and ALL that makes our world.  We're each God's favorite child. That's a fact to celebrate.  Feel the breath of God flowing through you, talking to your spirit, inviting you into the world to share love, making the world a better place.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand,   to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Jill Henton