Approaching the eleventh Sunday in ordinary time (part 3).

Where we are heading to (readings for Sunday Jun 16):

2 Samuel 11.26 - 12.10, 13-5

Psalm 32

Galatians 2:15-21

Luke 7:36 - 8.3

Readings for today:

Psalm 32

2 Samuel 18.28-19.8

Luke 5.17-26

Brief thoughts for today:

Despite all the heartache Absalom has caused, David, to the annoyance of some, mourns the death of his son. Not quite  'all is forgiven,' but certainly the capacity to be moved by earthly situations and the presence of God. Jesus comes among as the one who claims to be able to forgive sin and restore relationship with God and therefore with one another. Anyone who speaks the word of the psalm with find their most complete peace in Jesus.

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