For When You’re Feeling Grouchy
Ask
Redeemed. It’s a word we use today only transactionally, like when we have a voucher we redeem for a discount. In Isaiah 43, the meaning is love in action. It is what God did through Jesus, whose dying became our living. Re-read this passage, inserting your name: “I have redeemed you, ____________. I have called you by name, ____________. You, ____________, are mine.” Bring all your frustrations out into the light of this unconditional love for you.
Reflect
Listen to Mary Gauthier’s song, “Mercy Now.” Where could you use a little mercy today? Where could you offer it to others?
Pray
God, let me crawl up into your lap, and rest my head on your chest and hear you say to me again, “You are loved. You are safe. You are chosen.” Let me stay and stay and stay, knowing that this is that starting place. For everything. Amen.men.