MONDAY, January 17 (Antony)

Ephesians 4:1-16. One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all…

A famous philosopher based his argument for God and religion on “the starry heavens above and the moral law within.” Many great astronomers have been devout believers in God. God’s apparent ordering of the stars in their courses has also made it natural to believe in laws for the guidance of his children on the way of life. The Ten Commandments are not a worn-out moral code, but plumb the very depths of life in every individual and in every generation.

But there is a difference between the laws governing the stars in their courses and the laws ordained to guide us in our relationships of life. The laws ordained to guide us await our understanding and cooperation. Because we are God’s children, he cannot fulfill his purpose for us except as we join our will to his. We must be willing partners with God on the pilgrimage of life. (1937)

Praise to the Holiest in the height,

and in the depth be praise;

in all his words most wonderful,

most sure in all his ways!

—Hymnal 1982, #445

PRAY for the Diocese of Litoral Ecuador (Province IX, USA)

Ps 25 * 9, 15; Isaiah 44:6-8, 21-23; Mark 3:7-19a

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The Difference

Jan 17, 2011 at 7:16 am

Written by Stephen,

The writer is right to differentiate between the natural laws of the universe and the laws of God and humankind. Although the laws of nature inspire and reflect God's awe, we should not live the Darwinian way of "survival of the fittest" proposed in Milton Freeman economics and Laissez Fair individualism. These concept although useful are not congruent with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. American Christianity has adopted non-Christian ideologies and melded them with the idea of American exceptionalism, individualism and an every man for himself (unless your Gay or Hispanic) idolatry. The sad part is that often the progress in our understanding of others and care for how we treat "the least of these" does not come from our Christian brothers and sisters.

We are All God's Children

Jan 17, 2011 at 7:55 am

Written by RSeguin,

As the writer reminds us of our connection to God, conversely, we are all connected to one another, thus we must keep in mind our neighbor and remember to treat him or her with the highest respect. No matter their station in life. As American Christians, we need to keep this in mind when deciding how we allocate funding for care & services through our government. We are all deserving of the best!

JOIN with God

Jan 17, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Written by Gaye Anne,

This reminds me of the man with the withered hand that Jesus told to "Stretch out your hand," and his reach was healed. May we reach, stretch to JOIN in His works of grace!

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Jan 17, 2011 at 12:57 pm

Written by The Rev'd Canon Timothy M Nakayama,

I read this several days after it was posted, and noted after I read it, that it had been published initially in 1943. I could not have read it then, because I was "a child in prison camp" as a Japanese-Canadian, and improperly classified as an "Enemy Alien"- caught up in the actions of the Government of Canada that banished us - sending us to a "gold-mining 'ghost' town", Slocan City, at the headwaters of the Columbia River system in the interior of British Columbia, a remote, mountainous wilderness (somewhat different from the US military "camps" with barbed wire around them. We were in such a remote wilderness that barbed wire was not needed. I must have gazed into the skies through the clear mountain air to see the milky way that had been invisible to us when we lived in the skies so often shrouded by the fog and clouds close to the Pacific Ocean!

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