Reading: Colossians 3:1-11
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all! Reflection What if? What if you saw that Christ is all? What if you saw Christ in all? Christ is all. God created all. Christ is God’s son. Therefore, Christ is all. At least, that is how I understand it. And perhaps how Paul saw it as he wrote to the Colossians. Know Christ is all. Christ in all. There is no longer Greek and Jew; etc., etc. Christ in all. In every person you encounter. Every person you love and every person not as easy to love. The person you have known forever and the stranger on the street. See Christ in all. And remember. Christ in all also means in you. Christ is all also means what you do. We can be the face of Christ to someone today. We can be Christ’s hands and feet in the world. --Ruth Gates Prayer Raise us, God, as Christ is in us and Christ is in all we do. Amen.
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