
Becoming Light

Rev Bev
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New You or More Yourself?
How’s that new year-new you thing working out? Are you enjoying a dry January, meatless Mondays, or reading more, playing
phone games less, talking to friends more frequently than “liking” their FB posts? Why do we feel such a need to constantly remake ourselves into something better?
Perhaps it is the number of advertisements we are subjected to that pressure us to create lives “they” tell us others will envy. (P.S.: Envy is one of the forbidden zones of the Ten Commandments.)
Do we have areas of improvement we need to attend to live our best life? Of course. Does it require a constant barrage of self-deprecation, self-denial, and self-flagellation? No! Martin Luther’s gift to us, the thing that kicked off the Reformation of the church, was his recognition that beating ourselves up in order to be acceptable was the opposite of grace.
The prayer of confession during worship is part of our religious tradition.
Repentance is turning away from the world’s faults-for-profit schemes
and turning toward God’s assets-of-prophets design.
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Our Joy Continues
January 5, 2023
Today is going to be a great day! And so will tomorrow. And the day after…. Some of this greatness will happen to you. Rejoice!
Nothing of note is going to happen today. Or tomorrow. Or the day after…. Just routine, this is how it goes. Rejoice anyway!
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Phil 4: 4
In everything, we are called to find joy in our relationship with God. In this way, knowing that we are never separated from God’s love and presence, we can find a peace that sustains us through the highs and lows of life’s journey.
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