Daily Meditation: God's faithfulness and ours

DAILY MEDITATION God's faithfulness and ours March 3  Photo courtesy of SDGimagery.com When God makes a covenant with us, God says: "I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to you, even when you run away from me, reject me, or betray me." In our society we don't speak much about covenants; we speak about contracts. When we make a contract with a person, we say: "I will fulfill my part as long as you fulfill yours. When you don't live up to your promises, I no longer have to live up to mine." Contracts are often broken because the partners are unwilling or unable to be faithful to their terms. But God didn't make a contract with us; God made a covenant with us, and God wants our relationships with one another to reflect that covenant. That's why marriage, friendship, life in community are all ways to give visibility to God's faithfulness in our lives together. For further reflection... "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord.  I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.  I will be their God and they will be my people." - Hebrews 8: 10-11 (NIV) Your response... Instead of "I think, therefore, I am" or "I shop at Wal­Mart and Macy's, therefore I am" or "I have a job, therefore I am," the model here is "I am loved by God, therefore I am." ­­- Paul Louis Metzger, Connecting Christ Comment on this meditation. Continue the Inspiration Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "Life of the Beloved".   Visit our Bookstore: United States | Canada | United Kingdom Consider our monthly giving program to sustain the ability to extend Henri's legacy and make his work available to those who seek spiritual formation and nourishment. Click here to sign up today. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo. STAY CONNECTED:

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