Today's readings are Psalm 26, Deuteronomy 7:1-19, and Matthew 10:1-23.
Did anyone ever promise you that the Christian life would be all peaches and cream but no fat or cholesterol? See in today's readings how God's chosen people are the object of his care and blessing. Yet at the same time they may endure hardship, even persecution and death on account of their dedication to Jesus.
Are we ready to walk with Jesus? What if he calls us to come and walk the path he did, which included death? Do we realize that as we lay down our lives, our desires, our goals, and we take on his, that he is able to protect us even through death as he makes us partakers of his life and resurrection? Then thanks be to God, who has indeed poured out his covenant love upon us. Not even death will separate us from our Lord.
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