[Sunday] Roots and Shoots- Resurrected Eye
A healthy plant has strong roots and strong shoots. The same is true of a healthy child of God.
Thoughts for the Week: RESURRECTION EYES: ROOTS AND SHOOTS from - Maccabees
2 Maccabees 7:14
[I] cannot but choose to die at the hands of evil men AND to CHERISH THE HOPE THAT GOD GIVES OF BEING RAISED AGAIN BY HIM. BUT FOR YOU THERE WILL BE NO RESURRECTION TO LIFE!”
2 Maccabees 7:22 - 7:23
“I do not know how you came to be in my womb; it was not I who gave you breath and life, nor was it I who arranged the elements you are made of.
Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shaped the beginning of humankind and brought about the origin of everything, HE [THE LORD], IN HIS MERCY, WILL GIVE YOU BACK BOTH BREATH AND LIFE, BECAUSE YOU NOW DISREGARD YOURSELVES FOR THE SAKE OF HIS LAW.”
The Bible is full of opposites: light/dark, good/evil, life/death, and on and on. To that list we can add saint/sinner. Psalm 1 deals with both the saint and the sinner in each of us while also laying a solid foundation for the entire Psalter. It also introduces us to our Savior.