Good morning and Happy Friday!
As we continue reading the book of Exodus, this week we arrive at the Ten Commandments (chapter 20) on the same day that we are celebrating World Communion Sunday. As I reflect on that this week I am especially taken by how the ten commandments are introduced, how before giving them these new rules God reminds them: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the Land of Slavery…
These are words that sum up and remind us that when the people lives’ were bitter with tears and hard work, God heard them and brought them out of Egypt. When they arrived in the wilderness and looked around and all they saw was the dry dessert, God gave them water and bread, God fed them and stayed with them. I am the Lord your God who did all this, says God.
This is what the Love of God looks like in their lives. It is the love that hears their cries, saves them and provides for them. It is the presence that never lets them down or leaves them. And it is with a reminder of this great saving love of God that the Ten Commandments begin.
The Ten Commandments are so much more than just personal rules to live by. They are given as a way of living by which community is formed and sustained. A community that is called to Love God and Love the world that God loves. A community through which God is made known to the world.
As we get ready to worship together this week, as we get ready to hear the Ten Commandments anew and ponder their calling in our lives
I wonder how you have known the love of God in your life.
What has God done for you?
How does God finish this sentence when speaking to you: I am the Lord your God who…
See you Sunday,
Grace and Peace
Karen