Saturday, December 8, 2018

Day #1798

December 3, 2018 
In Isaiah 43, God tells the people (through Isaiah) that they are precious, honored and loved. The people were probably feeling terrible because they were living in exile. There was grief, loss, poverty, and a sense of alienation. Into that place of brokenness, God offers words of compassion.In Hebrew (the original language of the Old Testament), the words Isaiah used were yaqar (precious), kabad (honored) and ahab (loved). You are precious. You are honored. You are loved.We don’t always feel precious, honored and loved. The original audience of Isaiah likely didn’t feel the truth of God’s words either. But what if we just keep saying them to ourselves anyway? On days when we feel like it, and on days when we don’t. Transformation happens in repetition. Precious, honored and loved. These aren’t your feelings; they are your identity. 
The above is from the WELCA devotion Daily Grace and written by Emily Anne Carson. Her writing inspired the prayer for this week:
Dear God, help us to see ourselves as you see us - precious, honored, and loved deeply and truly by you. Then give us courage to live our daily lives reflective of that. Amen. 
Blessings.

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