HEALED
PSALM 147:3 (CEB)
God heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.
MARK 16:2,4 (ABP)
The women went to the tomb at sunrise on the Sunday morning after the crucifixion. As the daylight grew brighter they could see that the large stone which had sealed the tomb had been rolled back from the entrance.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
All life's brokenheartedness is temporary, wiped out as the light of the resurrection illumines the situation.
PRAYER
Thank you, Father, for the empty tomb. Jesus is risen! He lives with me and in me each day, healing my brokenness and binging up all that causes me pain. Forgive me when I hold onto myself too tightly, not allowing your grace and mercy to permeate my being. Today, I open myself to you, gracious God. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
*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)
