Whit Tuesday JOAN OF ARC Deuteronomy, Chapter 31, Verse 6 Be strong and steadfast; have no FEAR or dread of them, for it is the LORD, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you. “ Lord, thank you for helping me see more clearly than ever that “what I am” is your gift to me and “what I become” is my gift back to you.” (Poem by Melvin Banggollay) He did not create us out of necessity; He did not need us. He did not create us out of justice; He owed us nothing. No, it is to His sheer love that we owe our existence. Therefore, we must strive to be humble in accepting our mistakes, to know how to say, “I was wrong.” You have good qualities—great qualities. Are you not a marvel of creation, made in the image of God? You are a masterpiece of His love, wounded, disfigured by sin, but remade by the Redeemer, more beautiful than before—and at what a price! Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good. One drowns very quickly in gall. Keep
5 Do not remember the wicked deeds of our ancestors, but remember at this time your power and your name,
6 for you are the LORD our God; and you, LORD, we will praise!
7 This is why you put
into our hearts the fear of you: that we may call upon your name, and
praise you in our exile, when we have removed from our hearts all the
wickedness of our ancestors who sinned against you.
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