We Are Family

 

~~~ Exodus 14:21—15:1~~~ Exodus 15:8-9, 10 and 12, 17 ~~~ Matthew 12:46-50 ~~~

 

 Moses stretched out his hand and the seas parted.
The Israelites were able to escape from the pursuit
of the mighty Egyptian army.

The Israelites had no power against this army
of fast chariots and sharpened swords.
God shattered their lack of faith.
He expanded their understanding of what it meant
to have God on your side...
He proved to them that he would take
extreme measures because they were his chosen people.
 

 

 Among many other things Jesus teaches us to expand our thinking.
He was the original 'out of the box' thinker.

He includes all of us in his family...as his sisters, brothers...

And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Just as Moses stretches out his hand to save the Israelites,
Jesus stretches out his hand and saves us.
He gathers us into his family. This is personal.
A family shares more than friends...family shares genetic material.
We do share genetic material with Jesus because he
took on our humanity....flesh and blood.
He was born of a woman, Mary.

Today our priests stretch out their hands sending blessings upon us.
We are their sister and brothers too.

I pray that I will never take for granted
this blessing of being part of the family of Jesus.

Blessings in being adopted as part
of the family of Jesus.