(credit: Varsha Salome)
Even as you hit the fast lane of life with furious strides that brook no brakes, won’t you pause a moment to grab a grain of scriptural truth embedded herein ? (click on hypertext in the Day’s Reading for reference verse)
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God bless
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Not purified but anointed straightway!
Some churches make a big deal of ceremonies: the vestments the priests wear, the order in which the candles are lighted, the particular liturgy that is appropriate for the day…the list goes on. Indeed Samuel too was a stickler for ceremonies, tutored as he was in all the temple rituals by Eli the high priest. So when he goes to Bethlehem as directed by the Lord to offer a sham sacrifice, he is very particular about purification rites for Jesse and his sons.
How clean are your hands? How pure is your heart?
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*10 June, setting 1 January as Day 1