This is the Sixth Day of Christmas
Daily Office Readings for December 30th: Year 2
Morning, Psalms 20 and 21:1to 7; Evening, Psalms 23 and 27;
1st Kings 17:17 to 24; 3rd Letter of John 1 to 15; John 4:46 to 54:
Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.” (John 4:50)
Going to our Lord Jesus is the most powerful act we can perform for someone. It is more important than money. The Scripture in today’s Gospel reading says that the man believed and started back home. However, he did inquire about the time the boy was healed, and scripture says he believed (again). Regardless of when he really believed, he obeyed Jesus and started for home. Jesus is everywhere. He didn’t have to be standing above the child to heal him. He healed him across space and time.
Our Lord Jesus is still doing this today for those who ask, across time and space. The catch is, we must believe. Believing is about going to Jesus in prayer, but it is also about following Jesus’ teachings regarding forgiveness. Few of us, even if we struggled with all medical learning could not come close to the healing that Jesus can do, But, if we learned to forgive like Jesus does, all of us could achieve His merciful likeness.
Prayer, with forgiveness, is the greatest of gifts we can ever give to anyone, for Christmas, or anytime. Jesus is everywhere. Merry Christmas: Day 6
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, and our schools.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
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