Reading: Romans 8:17
“And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs
with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified
with him.”
Like fingerprints no family is the same. Personalities both
blend and repel. The dynamics of each can change from year to year, situation
to situation. We grow closer during suffering or shatter into pieces. We accept
or acknowledge our heritage as a responsibility or a sentence, a blessing or a
burden. We hold fast or we run away.
Regardless of our background, our present, our personal
gifts or our sins, God extends His open invitation. To belong to His family—for
eternity.
A full adoption. Not just in name only to provide basic daily
needs, but a whole relationship overflowing with joy and sorrow, feast and
famine. Daily walking together in all circumstances.
We crave the good parts of His inheritance and often try to
ignore or resist the losses. And our failures. Maybe even thinking we have been
abandoned or left out. Again.
Instead, maybe it is His trust that includes us in His
family’s tribulations. Honing our faith—understanding compassion—being prepared
to live into a new heritage in a new strength and purpose. One that also
embraces our birth family’s history no matter how beaten and broken, seemingly
perfect and polished.
Lord, please help us to understand what it really means to
live each day as an heir in your family. And discover love’s wholeness.
Psalm of Worship: Proverbs 8:16
“By me rulers rule, and nobles, all who govern rightly.”
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