So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
James 1: 16-18 (The Message)
Yesterday, our Lectio Divina group meditated on the passage above. Our leader chose to read from The Message translation and I was struck by the lines: There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle.
Two-faced and fickle aren’t words I’m used to associating with the bible, but I must confess that I sometimes act as if I think of God this way. I know this because I hedge my bets, I withhold my honest and earnest desires in prayer, I make plans B and C.
But God is really truly good. As Jesus told us, God is light and in him there is no darkness.
That reminder has done me much good the past day, and I hope it blesses you to as you move through this week.
Blessings,
Ope & Rebecca
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