HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
on Maui in Lahaina, Hawai'i
One Sunday service respecting social distancing at 8:30 each week..
HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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Monday August 3 Joanna, Mary, and Salome
Judges 6:39. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger burn against me, let me speak one more time, let me, please, make trial with the fleece just once more, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on the ground let there be dew."
Ps 80*77,79 | Judges 6:25-40 | Acts 2:37-47 | John 1:1-18
The first time I asked God for a sign I was a child. I received an answer and found comfort.
I don't remember asking for more signs until years later, and then I asked for enough signs to make up for lost time. I asked for so many signs I perfected the art of asking. I was specific. I set deadlines. I asked for signs to confirm. I had read signs correctly.
Though some of my best God stories are sign stories, I don't believe signs are the only way God communicates. I haven't asked for a sign in years. Holy direction comes through scripture, nature, humans, even billboards, when I am quiet and still from the inside out, from the Christ-light within me.
I believe God speaks to us differently, hoping we will tell one another. Gideon's story helps me feel less alone.
Pray for the Dioceses of Matana Burundi, Wad Medani Sudan, and Hyderabad Pakistan
MOVING FORWARD:
What signs have you received from God? How have you responded?
Dear Lord,
Help us see the inner communication from you
Let the Holy Spirit envelop our spirit.
Bring forth your will in us
In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
Judges 6:39. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger burn against me, let me speak one more time, let me, please, make trial with the fleece just once more, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on the ground let there be dew."
Ps 80*77,79 | Judges 6:25-40 | Acts 2:37-47 | John 1:1-18
The first time I asked God for a sign I was a child. I received an answer and found comfort.
I don't remember asking for more signs until years later, and then I asked for enough signs to make up for lost time. I asked for so many signs I perfected the art of asking. I was specific. I set deadlines. I asked for signs to confirm. I had read signs correctly.
Though some of my best God stories are sign stories, I don't believe signs are the only way God communicates. I haven't asked for a sign in years. Holy direction comes through scripture, nature, humans, even billboards, when I am quiet and still from the inside out, from the Christ-light within me.
I believe God speaks to us differently, hoping we will tell one another. Gideon's story helps me feel less alone.
Pray for the Dioceses of Matana Burundi, Wad Medani Sudan, and Hyderabad Pakistan
MOVING FORWARD:
What signs have you received from God? How have you responded?
Dear Lord,
Help us see the inner communication from you
Let the Holy Spirit envelop our spirit.
Bring forth your will in us
In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.