A People Prepared for the Lord

Before John the Baptizer was born, his father Zechariah was visited by an angel from God. The angel told him, “Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord … He will bring many of the people to their God. He will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1:13-17)

John came before Jesus to prepare the way for us to know God, to prepare us and all people to repent their disconnection from God. He sought to make us ready for Jesus’ coming and working in our lives, to help us begin to make changes and repairs, to learn to love God and other people/neighbors. Lord, how can I help prepare people to receive you?

Community

Build unity in the community, working, helping, and playing with neighbors and friends. Build a new life that follows God’s way and grows God’s Kingdom of love and justice. Walk with. God; hold tight to God’s hand and don’t let go As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said recently, “We are about to enter a political period that will have consequences for the rest of our lives. We cannot give up!” ❤️ 💜

Thankful for God’s Kingdom

“Since we have a Kingdom nothing can destroy, let us please God by serving him with thankful hearts and with holy fear and awe.” (Hebrews 12:28) No matter the forces trying to break it down, let’s KNOW God’s Kingdom will not and cannot be destroyed. Let’s lift up God’s love, peace, power, and justice and live into it “on Earth as it is in heaven.”