and of the righteous and thus has a future.
Blessing means laying one's hand on something and
saying: Despite everything, you belong to God.
This is what we do with the world
that inflicts such suffering on us.
We do not abandon it;
we do not repudiate, desire, or condemn it;
instead we call it back to God,
we give it hope,
we lay our hand on it and say:
may God's blessing come upon you,
may God renew you;
be blessed, world created by God,
you belong to your Creator and Redeemer.
- Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Meditation and Prayer, ed. by Peter Frick
Never give up on that which the Lord has redeemed. Instead, do everything you can to remind him/her/it of this glorious redemption.
No comments:
Post a Comment