Tuesday, April 12, 2022
A light to the nations
An excerpt from Isaiah 49:6 (NRSV)
It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
Reflection from Leigh Stewart,
St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church:
In this reading God tells the Israelites his plan for them – and it is a bodaciously BIG plan! Through this reading is God telling me it is too little a thing for me to be a good girl, go to church, and take care of my friends and family? God wants ME to be a “light to the nations”?! I like this conceptually, but does that scare you as much as it does me? And how - HOW am I supposed to do THAT? But then I remember that God is speaking to a community of people. And I am part of a community of people encouraging and supporting each other as we do this together. And that God is with us. And then it’s not so scary.
For further study and prayer, the readings assigned for today are:
Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 71:1-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; John 12:20-36
MUSIC
“This Little Light of Mine”
arr. Robert Harris
All through the night
I’m gonna let it shine.
Tags: Holy Week 2022