Senior Partner
The Lord God said, “It isn’t good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him.” ~ Genesis 2.:18 (CEV)
Simeon took the baby Jesus in his arms and praised God,
Lord, I am your servant,
and now I can die in peace,
because you have kept
your promise to me. With my own eyes I have seen
what you have done
to save your people...
~ Luke 2:28-30 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Gods doesn't leave us alone without necessary partners.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are a very relational being. You understand better than anyone how important it is to be in dynamic partnerships. You model healthy relationships in the Holy Trinity. And then through Christ you invite us participate in that partnership. Thank you for including me even though I don't value the partnership as much as I should. It feels so easy to try and do it all on my own. Thank you for not leaving me alone. I'm going to look to you as my most senior partner. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)