Psalm 8:3-4
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
- Find a place outside today for prayer and meditation. Or perhaps sit by a window to gaze upon the beauty of God’s creation.
- Notice where you see God’s beauty.
- Notice how that love is reflected in your body.
- Allow God to gaze upon you with love. Accept this love into your body.
- What is God’s message to you?
- Share as you feel led by posting a comment below.
Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday June 19, 2011, Trinity Sunday, Year A
Genesis 1:1-2, 4a
Psalm 8: 1-9
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Matthew 28: 16-20
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Permission to use in not-for-profit settings Lil Smith, M.Div., DASD.
I find it so easy to see God’s love and care in the beauty of nature: the hundreds of colors of green from lime to evergreen, the sweet intoxicating smell of gardenia, the curiosity of the baby squirrel getting just a bit too close to human things. Yet, when I turn to see this love and care in myself, I find this much more difficult. Surely this is what I need to practice!! Not what I have done, but loving and caring for what God has done in me. This gets beyond the surface, delving into the depths of me, swimming past the insecurities, the disappointments, and the failures to see authentically who God has created me to be. In this place I shall rest and learn to receive God’s love and caring. For from this place I will have abundant love to share with others.