Day of Praise

Sa, Sept 1 "Day of Praise"

"[The LORD says,] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean" - Ezekiel 36:25

Sprinkle. Clean. Water.

What a nice reminder...

of Jesus telling us that God's grace, like rain showers, falls on all people,

of Jesus washing the disciples feet and calling us to share such love,

of water spilling from Jesus' side when he was pierced on the cross where he died to cleanse us from sin,

of Gabriel Liam Swysgood's baptism tomorrow where he'll hear of God's love for him and be touched with water and the Holy Spirit,

of your baptism where you heard of God's love for you and were touched with water and the Holy Spirit and, depending on your tradition, maybe declared your love for God too right then or maybe it was later at your Confirmation,

of the water of Hurricane Isaac and our prayers for, on the one hand, the people who've tasted sorrow from that water, but on the other hand, some drought-stricken land that's about to get some much-needed water from the hurricane,

of the innumerable wonders of God relating to "Sprinkle. Clean. Water."

"[The LORD says,] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean" - Ezekiel 36:25

Praise God!






Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson