Today is the Sixth Day of Christmas
Daily Office Readings for Monday, the 6th Day of Christmas: Year 1
Morning, Psalms 20 and 21:1 to 7; Evening, Psalms 23 and 27;
Isaiah 25:1-9;; Revelation 1:9 to 20; John 7:53 to 8:11;
“When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’” (John 8:7 -9)
I always thought this adultery thing took two people. Where is the other person? Perhaps this person was in the crowd, with a stone in his hand. How sad.
Jesus taught us to forgive one another. If we have offended someone and they have made us aware of it, the opportunity is before us to apologize, to say, “I am sorry,” and really mean it.
On the other hand, if someone has hurt or offended us, we should make them aware of our hurt. If the offender apologizes, good; if not, I like to use the word “pardon” so that I can move on with my life and not sit sulking about it. So I pardon the offender, perhaps even without them knowing it, and move on.
If being forgiven is the greatest gift we can ever receive from someone, then it is also the greatest gift we can ever give to someone. Can’t find it in a store, it’s in your heart.
Forgive someone this Christmas and accept being forgiven. Merry Christmas: Day 6
As we listen to what the Spirit 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
Let us pray as we were taught to pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
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