Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“See, O Lord, how distressed I am; my stomach churns, my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious.”
NL Daily Devotion for Friday, November 27, 2020
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
I’ve always been a rule-follower. But not out of any noble impulse about the greater good. Just because I’m terrified to get in trouble. That is changing as I get older, slowly but surely. I recognize the importance of true honesty, integrity, and transparency for its own sake, for the good of myself and others. I see where sometimes it’s not only okay, but actually necessary to break rules when they oppress the marginalized. Nowadays, my stomach does churn when I am rebellious, not toward the world’s authorities, necessarily, but toward God and God’s call for me. When I recognize a dishonesty. When I own a hypocritical behavior. And it continues to churn until I’ve returned to God and made an amends. The good news is that God is always there to receive me, and to shower me with grace, mercy, and forgiveness.
Have I been rebellious toward God? How? What must I do to make amends?
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