Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“He said to me: Mortal, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears; then go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God’; whether they hear or refuse to hear.”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, December 8, 2021
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
When they were growing up, my kids didn’t always listen to me. Big shock, I know. But I knew I had important things to say to them. Practical things. Pieces of genuine wisdom. And I continued to speak them whether my kids heard or refused to hear (or, more likely, were too distracted by other things to hear).
I don’t always listen to God, either. I, too, am often distracted, even though I know there is important wisdom to be had. God doesn’t give up. God continues to speak through prophetic voices all around me, hoping that I will come back around to what really matters, and hear what God has to say.
Am I too distracted to hear God’s word to me?
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