You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased. (Mark 1:11 NRSV Bible)
In our reading today, after Jesus was baptized, a voice comes from heaven and says, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." Jesus is God's son who has been given to us as a gift. It is through Jesus that we have been given an example of how to live. It is through Jesus that we are given salvation. It is through Jesus that we are given the example of how to receive God's love and share it.

Notice also that God says in our reading today, "With you I am well pleased." A good question to ask ourselves would be, "Is God pleased with us?"

In one of the PEANUTS cartoons, a little girl calls Charlie Brown on the telephone. "Marcie and I are about to leave for camp, Chuck," she says. "We're going to be swimming instructors." Marcie takes the phone and adds, "We just called to say goodbye, Charles. We are going to miss you. We love you."

Charlie Brown, stands by the phone with a grin on his face. Linus asks, "Who was that?" He answers, "I think it was a right number."

God believes that each of us is the right number, because God calls all of us to accept the gift of Jesus Christ and to follow in his footsteps.

Thank you, O God of love, for making me important enough to give me salvation through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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