I have decided to read the Gospels and Acts for my lenten devotions. I am using Eugene Peterson's "The Message" and reading out loud. I thank, Pastor Sandy Kessinger for her great spiritual retreat that gave me new tools to help in my spiritual journey. One of the new tools was to read scripture out loud. I find that Peterson's contemporary language also helps to put new perspective on scripture and makes me go into a deeper search for meaning. I often have several translations out because of new insight. As I begin the gospel of Matthew, Peterson's introduction really made me think.
"The story of Jesus doesn't begin with Jesus. God has been at work for a long time. Salvation, which is the main business of Jesus, is an old business. Jesus is the coming together in final form of themes and energies and movements that had been set in motion before the foundation of the world." "...Matthew tells the story in such a way that not only is everthing previous to us completed in Jesus; we are complete in Jesus."
This is not a totally new concept to me but the way Peterson states it stirs me to ponder. Isn't it amazing how from the beginning of time until now God's Word is constant and true. The connectedness of it all. It is truly awesome.
Ponder this with me. Feel free to comment and hopefully we can have a dialog started.
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