I think of these verses from 1st Corinthians (see last paragraph) every day these days. Mark had a good Sunday and so did the rest of the family. As promised, speaking seems gradually to get easier and easier for him. Please continue to pray that he will regain control of his left side. Daily the right side gains strength.
Lenten devotional from Goshen College
The LORD says to Israel… I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness and I will build you up again… Jeremiah 31:3-4.
The Lenten season reminds us that Jesus opens his arms with everlasting love and kindness and invites us into God’s welcoming embrace. When we accept this invitation, we join with all God’s people in experiencing the depth and dimensions of what it means to be loved with an everlasting love. As we come to experience the welcome of Jesus, we are more able to open our arms in everlasting love to others as Jesus did, to those we love and to those we are inclined not to love. We can then hold the Christ-light for them and live out God’s welcoming love that they long to feel.
For love is patient, love is kind.It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Love never fails. (I Corinthians 13:4-8) Lent reminds us that God loves us with an everlasting love and build us up again. As we experience God’s love for us, we can more fully express God’s welcoming love to others.
