Today is the commemoration of Dorcas, Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women.
Today's readings are Psalm 93, Deuteronomy 27:1-26, and Matthew 17:14-27.
Blessings and curses. Sometimes we would like to evade one or the other. Just as I know some people who emphasize only the negatives, God's curse against unbelief and disobedience, I also know many people who won't talk about the things of cursing but only about God's blessing.
But the blessing and cursing have to be held in tension with one another. If we don't see how God blesses his children, how will we understand the severity of his curse? If we don't see the terror of God's judgment against sin how will we understand the love of God, who loved us in Christ while we were yet sinners? We need the blessing and the cursing together. As we hear both, we are able to look to our Lord and see him clearly as he is.
May God be praised in all things.
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