"You are children of promise," Galatians 4:28.
The Word of God resounded with these words in a time of deep distress; lies threatened to replace the Good News of Jesus. The Word still resonates today, remember who you are. Better, remember whose you are: God has made you his child. Before you were born God promised to make you his child in Christ. So God adopted you as you came to living belief in Jesus. God joined you with him when you put on Christ. God bound you to Jesus' death, God united you to Jesus' resurrection. God sent the Spirit of his son into your heart. The Spirit of Christ lives in you to nurture you through life's challenges until you shine like Jesus. Until we all shine together in reflection of the one who made us, together, his children.
Before leaving this reading altogether, reflect on whose you are for a few moments, and give thanks. And remind a brother or sister whose they are, too.
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