The Body Broken
The texts for Sunday, September 4, 2011 are: Ezekiel 33:7–11; Psalm 119:33–40; Romans 13:8–14; and Matthew 18:15–20.
Forgiveness (Psalm 32) 1 and 2 by Preston Cottrell
… No, we only encounter that God, that God embodied in Jesus
when we live, serve, struggle in community.
We only encounter that God embodied in Jesus
when we look into the eyes of the person whom has hurt us
and asked for repentance from them and
forgiveness for our own short comings.
We only encounter that God embodied in Jesus
when we come to the table with those who are as broken as us
— like Jesus did with a tax collector named Matthew —
and — like a Gentile Syrophoenician woman —
we receive what we could never earn
grace upon grace
crumbs from the table …
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