New way of living? We are in the season of Epiphany, a period of several weeks where we are invited to see and hear God in a whole new way. The light of the world takes on human flesh. Jesus shows us the father and reveals the nature of God to us In Word and action. I wonder if you have ever had an epiphany. One of those moments where you feel like your eyes have been opened, or your ears have been unstopped. That instant where you see or hear something in a whole new way. Once that happens, it's hard to go back to the old way of living. As we walk through the next days and weeks, I invite you to keep your mind open and expectant of epiphanies. What might happen if we set aside our ideas and expectations of how God is supposed to act and see how he might reveal himself to us through his word (and especially through the word made flesh, Jesus). What if we were to allow God's truth and light to illuminate our lives? What if we allowed God to reveal Jesus not only to us , but through us? It might be time for a new way of living! … I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness. John 10:10 Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Blessings,
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