Reading: Luke 20:27-40, Hebrews 1:1-9, Proverbs 18, Isaiah 1-2

Recall:
And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.” Luke 20:37-38

Loners who care only for themselves
spit on the common good. Proverbs 1:18

Some friends play at friendship
but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.
Proverbs 1:24

He shall judge between the nations,
and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4

Reflect:
Pretty interesting, brilliant actually, midrash by Jesus in this passage from Luke. He took a statement from Moses and turned in into proof that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were still living.
Good passages from Proverbs on relationship. I have to think that if the advice of Proverbs (and from Jesus in the Gospels and Paul in the epistles) on interpersonal relationships was heeded then we might actually get to Isaiah's vision in Isaiah 2.

Respond:
I will continue to work on my own relationships with others. It's a learning process.