Father, today's reading serves as a gentle reminder that sometimes I do need to be reminded that, no means no, as I keep pushing that envelope and reaching for that hot stove. Sometimes I have a hard head and I do need to be chastised by You out of tough Love. Sometimes I do need to be kicked out of the nest (again) so that I can relearn how to fly on my own. Sometimes I press my luck and I keep trying to force a square peg into a round hole. Sometimes I do nearly everything that isn't working for me and I don't know why. Sometimes I drive my Life into a ditch and lose sight of my destination. It's hard for me to picture Jesus getting angry, but when I think of being a parent and how sometimes a bit of tough Love is in order for the child's own Good, I get it. I can see how You, my Father and my Ultimate Parent, might need to chastise me when I start to run off the rails once again. This reminds me of the Scripture, "God disciplines us for our Good, that we may share in His Holiness" (Hebrews 12:10)

Thank You for bringing this reading to my awareness today, as a relearn the power in my wings and my intended mission as purposed by You. Thank You for reeling me back in.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 19:45-48

45 And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,

46 saying to them, "It is written, `My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

47 And He was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy Him;

48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon His words.

The Gospel of the Lord
Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ

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