Good morning…
One line lingers from the prayer she prayed. “Lord, knead us into one.”
Jesus makes clear God’s vision. The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind— Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, so they might be one heart and mind with us (John 17:21a, MSG).
Form. Mold. Fashion. Sculpt. “Lord, knead us into one.”
Then he shares a hands-on parable. Imagine a woman preparing a loaf of bread. The kingdom of heaven is like the leaven she folds into her dough. She kneads and kneads until the leaven is worked into all the dough (Matthew 13:33, VOICE).
Through Your mysterious, messy process, “Lord, knead us into one.”
…Sue…
P.S. Photo by Gaelle Marcel on Unsplash.
