Thursday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time (Year I)
Genesis 22:1-19 | Psalm 114(116):1-6,8-9 | Matthew 9:1-8
Abraham called this place ‘The Lord Provides’, and hence the saying today: On the mountain the Lord provides. (Genesis 22:14)
Jehovah-jireh, “The Lord provides”. The Truth is often found in simple statements such as this, without nuances, or qualifications, or handwaving.
Sailing through the air en route to a date with early death twenty-six years ago, the Lord provided a sturdy car around me to crumple into oblivion, and let me walk away mostly unscathed.
On Mount Sinai seven years ago, when I ascended in the darkness with hundreds of others to greet the rising sun, the Lord provided a sure footing and a heart full of love to sing with all sincerity “How Great Thou Art”, while bathed in the blinding light of the Risen Son.
On this site a year ago, the Lord provided the courage to begin baring my soul in love for Him, and the words to tell each day what He has done for me.
And every night, even on the nights when I fail to conclude my daily blog, the Lord provides me with the peace of mind to lay down each day’s burdens, and the health and strength to take them up again the next morning.
Most importantly, He has given me, and all who believe in Him, the Spirit of good counsel, to guide our thoughts and words and deeds in His holy Way.
All we need to do…is follow.
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Brothers and sisters, the Lord gives us everything we need, without surfeit or triviality. Sufficient unto the day are His provisions for all mankind.
Blessed be His name forever.
Amen.