Covenant
Feb 19 Mass reading Dt 26:16-19
Moses spoke to the people, saying:"This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making this agreement with the LORD: he is to be your God and you are to walk in his ways and observe his statutes, commandments and decrees, and to hearken to his voice. And today the LORD is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you; and provided you keep all his commandments, he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other nations he has made, and you will be a people sacred to the LORD, your God, as he promised."
I have just been thinking about the rainbow as a sign of covenant. A promise of God and of the people. A bridge between the earth and the heavens. A connection with salvation, beauty and hope. "He is to be your God and you are to walk in His ways..."
Tonight at the university, there was a Native American author who is a medicine man. He spoke of the rainbow as his name which has a sound that travels and connects the length of the bow. He told of wishing to climb a rainbow as a child. Another rainbow story was about a special arrow that was carried in case of trouble, it was aimed at the village. It would return to a spot that the medicine man of the village could see and the bow would help bring the arrow sender safely home.
I believe that under all our stories that there are ancient common bonds. I believe that there is one God who dearly loves us all and tends to each of those who are loving and walk the paths of God. There is something to learn from every religion and from every person. We are meant to be merciful and giving and healing to each other. The rainbow is a reminder to me of the awesome beauty and love of God and promise of salvation if I walk in God's ways.
Moses spoke to the people, saying:"This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making this agreement with the LORD: he is to be your God and you are to walk in his ways and observe his statutes, commandments and decrees, and to hearken to his voice. And today the LORD is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you; and provided you keep all his commandments, he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all other nations he has made, and you will be a people sacred to the LORD, your God, as he promised."
I have just been thinking about the rainbow as a sign of covenant. A promise of God and of the people. A bridge between the earth and the heavens. A connection with salvation, beauty and hope. "He is to be your God and you are to walk in His ways..."
Tonight at the university, there was a Native American author who is a medicine man. He spoke of the rainbow as his name which has a sound that travels and connects the length of the bow. He told of wishing to climb a rainbow as a child. Another rainbow story was about a special arrow that was carried in case of trouble, it was aimed at the village. It would return to a spot that the medicine man of the village could see and the bow would help bring the arrow sender safely home.
I believe that under all our stories that there are ancient common bonds. I believe that there is one God who dearly loves us all and tends to each of those who are loving and walk the paths of God. There is something to learn from every religion and from every person. We are meant to be merciful and giving and healing to each other. The rainbow is a reminder to me of the awesome beauty and love of God and promise of salvation if I walk in God's ways.
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