God cares
God raises the poor from the dust. ~ 1 Samuel 2:8a (CEB)
When the shepherd finds his lost sheep, he is elated and carries it home on his shoulders. ~ Luke 15:5 (ABP)
KEY IDEA:
God cares immensely about those who are on the outs.
PRAYER:
Dear God, you are amazing. You care about us when we're lost or down and out. I don't even begin to grasp how amazing that is. Perhaps that's because I allow my troubles to swallow me. Free me to enjoy the ride home on your shoulders. I'm going to celebrate your amazing care. 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)
