Jeremiah 7-9; John 13

Woke up this morning with a headache and a sense of ugly fear and dread. My daughter is flying out on British Airways this morning on her way to South Africa via Heathrow Airport in London..... I prayed this morning to ‘hear’ really hear…..

I immediately 'heard.....' 'PRAY about everything and worry about nothing"

As I began my readings I hear:

Jeremiah 7: 21-23"The Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God: 'Go ahead! Put your burnt offerings with all your other sacrificial offerings and make a good meal for yourselves. I sure don't want them! When I delivered your ancestors out of Egypt, I never said anything to them about wanting burnt offerings and sacrifices as such. But I did say this, commanded this: "Obey me. Do what I say and I will be your God and you will be my people. Live the way I tell you. Do what I command so that your lives will go well."

and

John 13: 34-35"Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other."

And then I come to work and this is in my inbox:

Daily Meditation for August 11, 2006
written by Henri Nouwen

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Trusting in the Fruits

We belong to a generation that wants to see the results of our work. We want to be productive and see with our own eyes what we have made. But that is not the way of God's Kingdom. Often our witness for God does not lead to tangible results. Jesus himself died as a failure on a cross. There was no success there to be proud of. Still, the fruitfulness of Jesus' life is beyond any human measure.
As faithful witnesses of Jesus we have to trust that our lives too will be fruitful, even though we cannot see their fruit. The fruit of our lives may be visible only to those who live after us.

What is important is how well we love. God will make our love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not.

sigh..........what an Amazing God you know???