2 Peter 1:16-19
                                       
The pre-figuring of all human beings is that we are made with the imprint of God - the Light of Lights, our Glorious Everlasting Father -stamped into our very beings. As much as we live into this identity, we grow into our heritage as a beloved child of God.  When Jesus allowed his disciples to see him in his true form talking to Moses and Elijah by trans-figuration, he was showing them the essence of his being and his true identity. This shifted their realization of who Jesus was, and empowered them to find Jesus’ way through his crucifixion and resurrection, and to proclaim the good news without compromise going forward. When I begin to see the true essence and identity of Christ Jesus in the context of the events and relationships of my life with the eyes of the Holy Spirit, (that is, when I see them transfigured to show their true essence and identity) my whole attitude shifts, from seeing life relative only to myself in finite time, to perceiving each person, each relationship, each event as God revealing his divine purpose, his divine configuration, here on earth throughout eternity. Will I allow the Holy Spirit of God to transform my perception - to witness ongoing transfiguration - to see God’s will being carried out on earth through all persons, all relationships, and all events?  Holy Spirit of God, transfigure the ordinary that I might realize you present in all.
                                                       
This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased  (Matthew 17:5)
 
The glory of God is the human person fully alive.
Irenaeus of Lyons
 
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Jeremiah 26:11-24
                                      
True prophets proclaim God’s truth and grace. The false prophets of Jeremiah’s day told the people of Israel what they hoped to hear and condoned their sinful paths of passion. The false prophets of our day, sometimes tell us what we want to hear, but more often proclaim conspiracy theories and the floods of human foolishness, and encourage the all kinds of entanglements with testy technology, idealistic issues, and projected passions. The result of false prophesies in no matter what age, is that the people do not repent and turn back to the Holy One, and continue to make up and follow false ways that lead to death and destruction rather than light and love.  Am I listening to false prophesies or walking in false ways that are outside the light of the life and death of Christ Jesus? Or am I heeding God’s call to repentance and to conversion back to him in holiness and humility?  Holy Spirit, keep me from false prophesies and false ways.  
 
Put false ways far from me; and graciously teach me your law. (Psalm 119:29)
 
If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
Corrie Ten Boom
 
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Jeremiah 16:1-9 & Matthew 13:47-52
                                    
When conditions are ‘not too bad’ in our lives, it is easy to trust in the praises and promises of human kind and to dismiss the prophetic cries of God, as did the people in both Jeremiah’s and Jesus’ home communities. Jeremiah’s message telling the people how far from God they were living, and Jesus’ teachings about himself as the way, the truth and the life, were too disruptive and inconvenient for most people, both then and now, who preferred to trust in customary perceptions, their own judicial systems, the trades and trends of everyday life and the local gossip (the media’s) version of reality. In the signs and stresses of present times, will I lean into the currents of collective social understanding, or trust the message of God, correcting us and calling us back to himself, no matter how challenging, counter-cultural, disturbing or inconvenient it is?  Holy Spirit of God help me trust in God alone. 
 
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God, who made heaven and earth the sea and all that is in them.   (Psalm 146: 3,5)
 
If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
Corrie Ten Boom
 
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Psalm 69

                                       
Driving on dirt roads can be problem free, if a little dusty. But in the event of a sudden downpour, an otherwise smooth roadway becomes a quagmire of muck and mud, that clutches at the wheels of a vehicle, let alone an ATV or a bicycle. So it is in our lives. Often in the wake of a sudden and sodden traumatic event, our life’s path becomes slippery with muck and mud, and we run the risk of sinking into the mire of despair or self pity. Then we will require the help of Someone who is able to extend to us a plank of prayer or a tow with their own vehicle of experiences and wisdom. Am I prepared for sudden storms in my own life, and to circumvent, and help myself and others out of, the mire we encounter in our lives? Holy Spirit of God, rescue me from sinking in the mire.     
 
Do not let the mud flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the Pit close its mouth over me. (Psalm 69:14-15)
 
You will find it is necessary to let things go, simply for the reason that they are too heavy.
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Jeremiah 13:1-11
                                    
I, along with all other human beings, so naturally and stubbornly do my own will when push comes to shove, deferring more often than not to what is considered comfortable, smart, profitable or safe.  But what about God’s will?  God’s default is always love and truth, or ‘righteousness’ , tempered with purity, humility, righteousness, kindness, faithfulness, hopefulness, patience and self-control. Do I have the courage and the fortitude to do God’s will rather than stubbornly clinging to my own agendas? Will I generously  do God’s will not counting my own cost, but bowing to the tremendous cost of God’s will – the obedient death (and resurrection) of his own Son? Holy Spirit of God, help me to generously do your will.
 
Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.   (James 1:21 )
 
“Remain in Me”, not for a few moments, a few hours which must pass away, but "remain . . ." permanently, habitually. Remain in Me, pray in Me, adore in Me, love in Me, suffer in Me, work and act in Me.
 Elizabeth of the Trinity
 
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