Daily Word (6.22.09)

Faith:

"With faith in God, I have true security." (DW, 6.22.09)

"'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith. You believe that God is one; you do well." (James 2.18-19)

Mei Meditatio:

True security and steadfast confidence comes from faith in God through Christ. Though outward appearances may give me the impression that I am alone, separated, and have much to be afraid of, when I ground myself in the love of God in Christ through prayer, meditation, and compassionate practice I realize that I belong to the great web of Being and am a heir to Life and Love as a child of God.

Through my deeds and actions my faith is made known and manifest in the world. Without my works of love, my faith is only latent. The faith of God in Christ is in my now and always, waiting to be expressed and brought into the world as compassion, justice, and equality. I bring my faith into action through works of love.

In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.