Loving God, like a doting grandmother who spoils her
grandchildren to no end, and like a love-smitten man who arranges to have an
airplane spell out an “I love you” message high in the sky for his love
interest, you go above and beyond in showing us just how much you love us.
Thank you for loving us, especially when we feel unlovable.
Thank you for loving us more than we can ever dream or imagine.
When we think of just how much we are loved by you, it gives
us so much joy and peace in our lives. Like the Psalmist, who when counting his
blessings said, “What can I give back to God for all the blessings he’s poured
out on me,” we ask the same question this day.
“What can we give back to you for all the blessings you have
poured out on us?”
Are you calling us to tithe our resources to Christ and the
church, or take the next step closer to tithing? Are you calling us to offer
our gifts generously toward our Capital Campaign?
“What can we give back to you for all the blessings you have
poured out on us?”
Thank you for this season of Lent and giving us this time to
think about what it means to offer to Christ and the church our prayers,
presence, gifts, service, and witness. What do you want to do through each one
of us to accomplish your will in our church?
Your many blessings are all around us like in the large
number of volunteers who served Monday Lunch this past week, like in the smiles
of a little girl and her mother who attended our church for the first time last
Sunday, and like in the college student here in our church who recently began
visiting nursing home residents because she is responding to your calling in
her life to be a blessing to others.
O God, your blessings are all around us and they lead us to
respond by offering to you our very best gifts. Thank you for running out to
embrace us even before we have a chance to tell you that we’re sorry for our
sins. Thank you for the awesome robe, the expensive ring, and for the welcome
home party that we didn’t deserve.
But most of all, thank you for giving us the gift of your
Son, Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray together saying,
“Our Father, who art in heaven…”
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