Sunday, December 16th
Isaiah 35:1-6. James 6:7-10. Matt. 11:2-11

The voice of joy sounds at the dawn of time and is re-echoed down countless ages of the history of man. Mankind is made for joy, designed to see and know their Lord in the fullness of eternity. And they are offered glimpses now, within the time of their mortality, according to their vision and their inspired imagination.

But there is judgment too: each beloved child of their loving Heavenly Father is held responsible for his response to love's great challenge in his life and witness and his work . As the rising sun lights up the sky revealing more and more as the day breaks, so is the heart and mind of man illumined by the Son of Righteousness and love as he responds to that which it receives. Judgment is within himself and in community: success and failure are the con sequence of choice.

But the Father ceaselessly offers Me , His beloved Son, to be salvation, grace and joy in all who seek for truth and power to walk in it and constantly relate to Him in love and in self-giving. And Our loving Holy Spirit inspires and enables and brings healing and enwholing and unity with the whole creation according to the Father's loving purpose.