It's Been Weird, I Need Some Good Stuff: Col 1:15-23

Ok friends, it's been a weird week. If you want to know about it, ask me off-line.  Not bad, just weird. Sometimes when things get weird, I like to go to some favorite scripture and just read it. It settles me and gets my mind right. I have provided such reading for your enjoyment and mental stability today. It is a super famous Christological passage out of Colossians, 1:15-23:

 15. He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, (16) for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him. (17) He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. (18) He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. (19) For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son (20) and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. (21) And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds, (22) but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him – (23) if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant. 

I have no words, just meditate on this clear proclamation of who is Jesus Christ- God, Eternal, Co-Equal with the Father, Creator, Sustainer, the Head of the Church, our Savior, the Fixer of Relationships (reconciler) and much much more. This is just a mid-week reminder that He who is all these things is also our friend and brother- someone who loves us and wants the best for us- Amen.

Enjoy! PJ


PS: These pictures represent things that also give me peace of mind: Camels, Memories, Mal and Mimi, and Animals.... especially cute ones like baby Elephants.