WOV #666, “Great God, Your Love Has Called Us”
Devotion
What an image this hymn creates! It’s a picture of wounded people being drawn together by God's love. They have brought with them their tears, fears and pain. They are people swept along by forces and systems they cannot control.
These people have reason to despair, but they have heard God's call. They have remembered to whom they belong. They strain to somehow get even a glimpse of God's mercy. And to their surprise, they discover God’s presence. Christ has come to meet them where they are.
They are given the love of Christ, even intimate union with Christ. They hear His call to enter into the suffering of the world to "offer all that faith can do.” And in that self-giving love, they find that love is "making all things new.” All things new, even among and within themselves.
Prayer
Lord, help us find our own peace in being agents of Your love. Amen.