My youngest daughter is a first-year teacher, virtual, on a computer teaching every day, with 16 second graders. Unbelievable difficult. So, she has gotten in the habit of calling me every morning at 6a.m. ((during my quiet time)((7a.m. her time)) on her way to work for me to encourage her and pray for her. I am reading Bonhoeffer’s, Life Together. Two points he makes; The Christ in a brother’s (daughter) heart is often better than the Christ in yours because they can minister Him to you when you need it and secondly; Christian Community is the gift from God, not your vision of Christian Community that your community must live up to. The moment you impart your standard on the community you fail to understand all members are broken scoundrels like you and all our hope is in Christ, not ourselves. As my daughter and I talked we briefly touched on the upcoming election and she said, “yes, no matter what, we have to live in hope, we have to demonstrate to the world that our hope is in Christ not in the President of the United States.”
Good morning Father, I am so grateful that You have sewn Your Word and will into other’s hearts because they so often minister You to me. Thank you, Father. You are always on your throne and you are always King and you are always watching over, caring for, and ensuring your sovereignty not only over me but over all that is. I am grateful because the election is coming up and there is going to be great anxiety no matter what happens. The world we live in will greatly change but Your world, the totality of all, will not change. It will go on as you so direct—with or without President Trump or President-Elect Biden. My role is to live in that hope regardless of who is the current president of the united states. Thank you Father.
Amen
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