Daily Thought and Prayer From The Universal Life Church World Headquarters One cricket said to another - come, let us be ridiculous, and say love! —Conrad Aiken Let’s all sit in a circle and take turns being ridiculous about what our love is like. Let’s play tag with it, and pass it on. Let’s say that our love is like diamonds sprinkled on a clear moonless sky, and let’s pass it on. Let’s say it’s like one rose petal too tender to touch, and let’s pass it on. Let’s say it’s like rainbows filling a city sky, and pass it on. Let’s say it’s small and hard, like an agate or shell, and let’s keep passing it on. We can find images for love all around us, and when we express it to others this way, it grows. What is my love like today? DAILY BIBLE READINGS Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 1 Some time later, the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram! I am your shield and shall give you a very great reward. 2 ‘Lord Yahweh,’ Abram replied, ‘what use are your gifts, as I am going on my way childless? … 3 Since you have given me no offspring,’ Abram continued, ‘a member of my household will be my heir.’ 4 Then Yahweh’s word came to him in reply, ‘Such a one will not be your heir; no, your heir will be the issue of your own body.’ 5 Then taking him outside, he said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can. Just so will your descendants be,’ he told him. 6 Abram put his faith in Yahweh and this was reckoned to him as uprightness. 7 He then said to him, ‘I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldaeans to give you this country as your possession.’ 8 ‘Lord Yahweh,’ Abram replied, ‘how can I know that I shall possess it?’ 9 He said to him, ‘Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon.’ 10 He brought him all these, split the animals down the middle and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide. 11 And whenever birds of prey swooped down on the carcases, Abram drove them off. 12 Now, as the sun was on the point of setting, a trance fell on Abram, and a deep dark dread descended on him. 17 When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passing between the animals’ pieces. 18 That day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram in these terms: ‘To your descendants I give this country, from the River of Egypt to the Great River, the River Euphrates, Psalms 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 1 Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name, proclaim his deeds to the peoples! 2 Sing to him, make music for him, recount all his wonders! 3 Glory in his holy name, let the hearts that seek Yahweh rejoice! 4 Seek Yahweh and his strength, tirelessly seek his presence! 6 Stock of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob whom he chose! 7 He is Yahweh our God, his judgements touch the whole world. 8 He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations, 9 which he concluded with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. Matthew 7:15-20 15 ‘Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves. 16 You will be able to tell them by their fruits. Can people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 In the same way, a sound tree produces good fruit but a rotten tree bad fruit. 18 A sound tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a rotten tree bear good fruit. 19 Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire. 20 I repeat, you will be able to tell them by their fruits. Courtesy of the Universal Life Church World Headquarters 803 Tallahassee Street Carrabelle, Florida 32322-3220 USA Tel No: (850)720-1061 Email: ulc@ulcnetwork ulcnetwork
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