The heavens speak
Heaven is declaring God’s glory;
the sky is proclaiming his handiwork. ~ Psalm 19:1 (CEB)
While he was coming up out of the water, Jesus saw heaven splitting open and the Spirit, like a dove, coming down on him. And there was a voice from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I dearly love; in you I find happiness.” ~ Mark 1:10-11 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Even the heavens reveal what God is up to through his Son Christ Jesus.
PRAYER:
Glory to you, Lord God. Thank you for revealing yourself in Christ Jesus and setting up the heavens to serve as a witness about him. The heavens are not a god but a servant of your generosity and creativity. Remind me to look up. (I get so involved in what I'm doing that I don't take enough time to notice your creation.) Help me to see that whenever I look up even the clouds and the stars are bringing honor to Christ. I want to join them in that work. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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)
