Contemplative Bible Reading

John 12:27 (New International Version)“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

This is the Christian’s story. People come our way. Situations occur. These are our hours. Do we ask God to save us from these hours?

I hope not. Instead, I hope that I realize that God made me for this hour, that I come to the hour from God to do His work.

So, let me be like Christ. Let me accept this hour as the reason God made me. Let me be Christ-like here and now.

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