April 16th, 21

"This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy." These are the first words we hear the Father speak over the Son, and through Christ. They are words that have been spoken over all people all over the earth. God has declared his love for all humanity. He's declared his love for you. So hear in this declaration, the heart of the Father, for all people everywhere, broken, lost, sinner, people like you and me. Jesus comes to do all that is needed, so that every man, woman and child can be embraced into the true love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So all humanity can experience the love that is shared in the Godhead. So we can be one as they are one. Hear the declaration of what IS. Hear the proclamation, that you are loved by God. This is not a proposition. God's love in your position as daughter, as son, is not a great opportunity for you. If you believe enough, or you get your act together enough. It is a declaration of what IS you are loved. You are his, and that is great news. Let's hear this declaration well today and move out into the world, learning, discovering, how to live out who we have become.

May God give us wisdom. And may God give us joy, as we live out this gospel in him. And that's the prayer that I have for my own soul today. That's the prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, my daughters and my son. And that's the prayer that I have for you. Maybe so

You are loved!