Today is the commemoration of Mary Magdalene.
Today's readings are Psalm 137.1-7, 1 Samuel 5.1-6.3, 10-16, and Acts 18.1-11, 23-28.
In our readings today God shows clearly that he is able to take care of himself. The Philistines attempt to incorporate the ark of God into their temple. But the presence of the living God is too much for their pagan deities. Where the people try to use God as a god who is subject to their rules, human weakness shows itself as the people break out in plagues. God is not some lucky charm we put to our service. On the contrary, where we look to the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in faith, rejoicing in who he is and what he does, saving the world on his own terms, there we see the abundance of God's blessing.
May the Lord give us eyes to see him and a heart to receive him joyfully.
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