June 2, 2022

“I got a feelin' / And it won't go away, oh no / Just one thing and I'll be OK /I need a miracle every day”. The Grateful Dead got it right. I need a miracle every day.

The onrush of condemnation/suffering/bitter division/unhealed wounds won’t go away. All that can be summed up under the Power of Sin. Luther told us that Christian life means “that the old creature in us … is to be drowned and die through daily … repentance, and … that daily a new person is to come forth and arise up to live before God in righteousness.”

St. Paul says, “Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.” (Romans 4:4-5)  Trust in God is renewed by God daily.  Well, at least Almost Daily! That is the miracle every day.

“Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend us; and, because we cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern us always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Proper 13 – BCP)