Today's Reflection

OUR IMPERFECTIONS are not evidence of total failure, defeat, or final death. Rather, they are doorways through which we enter spiritual transformation. Human imperfection invites us to let go of our ego and to live in faith in God’s ultimate love.

Imagine letting go of your balance and falling backward into God’s strong and loving hands. Ask God for faith to do so, and express gratitude to God for promising to hold you in love.

—Tom Camp, The Upper Room Disciplines 2019 (Upper Room Books, 2018)

Today's Question

What helps you trust in God’s ultimate love for you even when you face failure?  

Today's Scripture

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”
—2 Corinthians 12:9 (NRSV)

Prayer for the Week

Lord, Thank you for all the ways you are present in my life.
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Lectionary Readings

(Courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library)

• • Lamentations 1:1-6 and 3:19-26
  • Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
  • 2 Timothy 1:1-14
  • Luke 17:5-10

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