Daily Office Readings for Saturday of the 3rd Week of Epiphany: Year 2
Morning, Psalm 55; Evening, Psalms 138 and 139:1-17;
Genesis 18:1 to 16; Hebrews 10:26 to 39; John 6:16 to 27:
“Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain to it. Where can I go then from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?” (Psalm 139)
While I don’t agree with all of Psalm 139, at least not the “hate” parts, the all-knowing acceptance about who God is, I totally do agree with. From my previous ponderings I have come to understand that God is “being”, is “existence”, is “thinking”, and therefore, is living “pondering,” This is the AM of the “I AM” of God. It is not God was, or God will be. No. this is God Is. So, there are two points to note here. First, God is fulfilled in God is Love. All creation, including you and me, are made manifest in love, God’s love.
Second, from the Psalmist, God is everywhere. Wow! There is no place we can go that God is not there and this includes to the rest room (location), or in a coma (your state of being). And, no matter where you go or what your state of being is, God has always been there and will always be there. God is in our history, in our present, and in our future. God’s will is an option in our decisions and our emotions. God does not always like our decisions or the outcomes of what we decide to do, but God, the God of love, is still very present.
We cannot attain to the level of God’s intellect. We can try, and I think, we should try, even though we cannot. Being made aware of this does not mean we shouldn’t try. I am a life-long learner and life-long lover. So, I have modified the Sci-Fi Vulcan greeting of “Live long and prosper.” My version is: “Live long, learn and love.” You Star Trek fans out there will understand this. So, for all of us, let’s live long, learn, and love always to the last of our mortal days that living and learning might continue on into our immortal days as well. There is no escaping God. We can’t hide from God nor can we deny the good of God that is made manifest in our lives. And for that, Thank You Lord Jesus.
Today we remember Marcella of Rome, Monastic and Scholar, 410 and his information may be found at: Marcella of Rome.
Today we also remember Samuel Shoemaker, Priest and evangelist, 1963. More may be found about him at; Samuel Shoemaker
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and to serve, and to teach others to love and to serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray:
Oh Lord, as you have searched us out and known us; and as you know our sitting down and our rising up; and as you discern our thoughts from afar, be close to us we pray, that our wills will be Your wills for us, and that all may learn to live in harmony as Jesus of Nazareth has taught us to do. Amen.
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