Scripture Reading
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Reflection
"Living hope" is set against dead hope — the kind that collapses when circumstances collapse. This hope is alive because it is rooted in a resurrection, an event that already happened and cannot be undone. No present suffering, no personal failure, no cultural decay can reach back and undo what God accomplished in raising Jesus.
Prayer for Today
Let peace return, O Lord please bless our hearts with love, our minds with rest, our bonds with unity and trust. Help us to kneel now at your cross.
Let peace return, O Lord refill this place with gentle words until this home becomes a sanctuary, a harbor safe, a hope retreat.
Let peace return, O Lord we need your words of life, to sow new seed, to grow new hope, to rise anew and find the light of forgiveness in you.
Let peace return, O Lord blow through our family with grace and truth. Blow through the storms of life we sing our faith is in the peace you bring!
Let peace return, O Lord refill this place with gentle words until this home becomes a sanctuary, a harbor safe, a hope retreat.
Let peace return, O Lord we need your words of life, to sow new seed, to grow new hope, to rise anew and find the light of forgiveness in you.
Let peace return, O Lord blow through our family with grace and truth. Blow through the storms of life we sing our faith is in the peace you bring!
Amen.