made in his image, day 7

Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.

Opening Prayer:
Blessed are you, God of all creation.  Let us who are made in your image and are sustained by your hand reflect you in all that we do, that in all things you may be glorified, forever and ever.  Amen.  (Work of God)


Psalm for the Week: Psalm 139

Scripture for the Day: Colossians 1:15-23

Reading for Reflection:

God created out of the overflow and fullness of his love.  There was so much delight within God himself that he wanted others to be drawn into the circle of love that was enjoyed in the original family.  The German mystic, Meister Eckhart, once said that God created us out of “the laughter of the Trinity.”  There is a sense in which God could not contain himself, he wanted others to be drawn into the life enjoyed in the Godhead. (Dr. Greg Ogden online sermon, Christ Church of Oakbrook)

 

 

The early church fathers describe the Trinity as a Round Dance in which Love flames forth from one Person to the Other in a flow that never ceases…The Father is One and his Dance is Three: Love flowing out of the Silence of the Secret One to the Son, and returning to Abba in one concurrent, timeless motion—in the embrace of the Spirit.  (Dancing Madly Backwards by Paul Marechal) 

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself

Song for the Week: I Have a Maker

I have a Maker

He formed my heart

Before even time began
My life was in His hands

He knows my name,
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
And hears me when I call

I have a Father,
He calls me His own
He’ll never leave me
no matter where I go

Closing Prayer: 
Loving Creator, I have no quarrel with the way you have so carefully designed me in your image.  Truly I am your work of art.  Take me deeper today.  Show me my virtues—the wonders of your design for my life.  Help me not to be afraid to look into the depths of myself and believe in what I see—for I am the work of your hands.  If I can believe in what I see, then I can rejoice in what I see.  Precious in your sight, I am your work of art. Continue to create me in your image.  Amen. (Behold Your Life by Macrina Wiederkehr)