Thursday, March 4, 2021
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Responsibility
Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent came to us last week and in preparation we wandered through our valleys of dry bones and we have examined both the exterior and interior law. Yesterday we reflected on social justice and how the human race strives – or does not strive – to match our words with our deeds. Today we look at a brief, but powerful, prophecy. Amos brings us words we can easily use today.
So let us take on the responsibility of living a life of integrity as we look at these verses to ask ourselves . . .
How do we resist the corruption we nearly always find in powerful and influential forces?
How do we balance our day-to-day reality with the call of the Gospel?
How do we advocate for those who have no voice?
God says: I have sent to you a prophet who has much to offer you. I have given you the courage and zeal to explore his prophecy. And I have bestowed on you the love and compassion you will need to act on his words that come from me. Do you have the determination to explore my Word that arrives through Amos? Do you love me in such a way that you will put aside a few minutes for me each day to study my word? Do you believe that you too are one of my valued prophets?
God gives us many Biblical figures with whom we might journey as we seek to know ourselves, our God, and others better during this Lenten tide.
Tomorrow, the insight of Amos.
To learn more about the exceptional person Amos, read the articles from Britannica online at: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21356/Amos and http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21365/Book-of-Amos
Consider the questions below and reflect on what insights Amos might bring to us.
- When did Amos write and what did he have to say to the political and social leaders of his time?
- Did Amos travel or did he remain in the town of Tekoa where he was born?
- Did Amos write his prophecy on his own and who was his audience?
- What did Amos predict?
- What did Amos believe?
- Do we see any similarities between the world of Amos and our own?
- What does Amos have to say to us today?
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