GOD'S GRAND BLESSING
PSALM 103:22 (MSG)
Bless GOD, all creatures, wherever you are—
everything and everyone made by GOD.
And you, O my soul, bless GOD!
LUKE 13:29 (CEB)
People will come from east and west, north and south, and sit down to eat in God’s kingdom.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Celebrate! For God's blessings are intended for all people, indeed, all creation.
PRAYER
Creator God, I celebrate your big-picture thinking and inclusivity. I confess that I'm relatively small-minded and mostly interested in relating to the people who are most like myself. Expand my horizons so that I can better see the grandness of your kingdom. I'm going to find someone with little in common with me to talk with today. In the name of Christ Jesus, 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)
