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Today’s Reflection
We can know God by not knowing God. . . . If we let go of our own limited way of knowing, God can infuse a deeper knowing into our consciousness, and so we know God by not knowing.
—Daniel Wolpert, Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices, Revised Edition (Discipleship Resources, 2023)
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Today’s Question
What do you believe about God that actually puts God into a box? Release that belief, even just for one prayer, and ask God to show you the truth. Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
—Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, you are. You are more than we could ever name, more than we can grasp. Help us to know you even in our unknowing. Help us to love you, even as we learn how to love from you. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 28:10-19a
- Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
- Romans 8:12-25
- Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
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