Judge or Savior?
You’ve made the ground quake,
splitting it open.
Now repair its cracks
because it’s shaking apart! ~ Psalm 60:2 (CEB)
God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. ~ John 3:17 (NLT)
Almighty God, you are both judge and savior. When you break us down, it is so that you can build us back up. And right now you are in he process of saving us from what we've done to ourselves and the world. That's why you sent your Son Jesus into the world -- not to condemn but to save. Help me to live more freely into this good news. Strip away those things which hold me back from fully embracing you and your good intentions for us. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own 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)
