I spent some time with my family and friends today at my aunt and uncle's house for a cookout. It was a fun time, full of laughs and delicious food. I love how families are basically a bunch of quirky, very different people, maybe with a few similarities in appearance, smushed together and tied by the bonds of love. Family love is characterized by sacrifice and forgiveness and acceptance - despite sometimes glaring differences. This brings me to what I reading today in Hebrews 2:11.
"Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family.
So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers."
Oh my goodness, how amazing is that?! We, the ones being made holy, are in the same family as the perfect one who makes us holy. Jesus accepts us into his family! Through Jesus' suffering, we are made as perfect as he was made. What an amazing gift. We are the Lord's adopted children. We do not join the family in name alone when we accept and believe in Christ and the gospel, but we get to be real, active members despite our fallenness. The Lord loves us too much to let us be "that rebellious child" and will continue to strive to draw us closer to him and the others in the family. The writer of Hebrews also calls his family to strive to know Jesus more and more.
"Therefore, holy brothers,
who share in the heavenly calling,
fix your thoughts on Jesus,
the apostle and high priest in whom we confess."
Hebrews 3:1
Let us fix our thoughts on Jesus each and every day!
Renew me, Lord, and sanctify me through and through.
Let my thoughts be always on you and your beauty, grace and boundless love.
May the grace and peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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