Sunday, February 3, 2002
Sunday, February 3, 2002
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with
him is great power to redeem.
When our lives are parallel to God's purposes, we find a power we never dreamed possible.
And it makes no difference who we are. God gives us an identity, a job, and the power to do
that job.
(Psalm 130.7
NRSV)
Maurice Berquist in her book, THE MIRACLE AND POWER OF BLESSING, speaks of what
she calls the parallel principle. If you pull a copper wire, she says, parallel to overhead power
lines, you get a transfer of power. Even though the second wire is not physically touching the
first or connected in any way to a generator or a power source, power will come into it just as
soon as it gets parallel.
Loving God, I am weak without you. Give me your love and strength and power to do the work
you have set before me. Amen.
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