Numbers 21:4B-9
We want to be free from Slavery, We want to be free from Slavery. God please save us!
So, God sends Moses to set His people free! Then the people, worn out by the journey, complain against God and Moses - Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? (God did provide food for them) - But they complained about that -
God got fed up with His people...sent saraph serpents to bite his complaining people. Many died.
Then the people cried to Moses...We have sinned against God - take the serpents from us...
God had Moses create a bronze saraph and mount it on a pole - whoever had been bitten -could look at it and they would live.
This makes me chuckle. How fickle we humans are. I am so much like this myself. I complain about something....that becomes fixed and now I am complaining about something else. Will I ever be happy?
It does seem the older I get, the more patient and content I get with my circumstances....no matter what happens, I have more trust in my God. Perhaps I just need more experiences of His providing for me - to know that "All things will work to Good for those who love God" (Romans 8:28)
What does it take for us as humans to really Trust in Jesus total love for us?
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 78:1BC-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
The fourth verse is so beautiful - But he, being merciful, forgave their sin and destroyed them not;
Often he turned back his anger and let none of his wrath be roused.
No matter how many times I act like a spoiled brat and turn from Him....he is merciful! How blessed am I!
Philippians 2:6-11
This is a beautiful verse, full of great meaning for me. How could Jesus, fully human, fully God (I still cannot get my head around that one!) - totally surrender His fully God side, for love of me and all of human kind....especially seeing how ungrateful and fickle we are? His love is so totally amazing. It is something I can reflect on in AWE and WONDER and just Praise Him for the ultimate sacrifice and love He gave for us! Amazing Love! Amazing Grace!
Gospel - John 3:13-17
God is so wonderful and AWESOME! He provided for us in our sin. He gave us free will. He saw that we didn't know how to handle it. Yet, He loves us so much and YEARNS and Thirsts for us to be in Heaven with Him forever, that He would sacrifice His only Son to carry our sin, selfishness and fickleness - so that we could also be worthy of Heaven. Amazing Grace. Amazing God! I am so thankful. I Praise you, Lord for your provision for us! We are blessed! let us reflect on this and be thankful!
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