Who Do You Say I Am? – Lectio Divina

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But who do you say that I am?

Matthew 16: 15

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Lord I love sitting with your questions.

My ego wants to jump in and give the proper and correct answer.

Like a kid in school waving her hand, “Oh – Oh I know that one! Call on me, Master!”

But today, I hold your question – “Who do you say I am?”

Like Simon Peter I nod quietly – You are the Messiah, the son of the Living God.

I believe that.

I know that.

I long to live each day with those words on my lips.

And Lord, you are so much more too. More than I can find the words to describe or the image to imagine.

You are Shepherd.

You are Rock.

You are Creator.

You are Father.

You are Potter.

You are Defender.

You are Magnificent.

You are.

You are.

You are God.

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  1. Colleen says

    I was thinking of you today and there you were! On my blog!
    I love this scripture passage. So much to it. Jesus is my everything. Beautiful reflection.

  2. blankCeil says

    Hi Jeanie! Our pastor used the image of a first grader trying to impress her new teacher; Pick me! I’ll answer it! (Great minds, right?) I wonder if there were many Apostles vying to answer this question, or if any of them got it wrong before Peter spoke.

    Well, we have only to wait for next week to find out how myopic St. Peter can be…but today? He’s the classroom hero. I hope I can be like that too!
    Blessings my friend 🙂
    Ceil

    • blankJean Wise says

      I used that same approach with the children’s message yesterday. Good ol St Peter. gotta love him and his humanness. I have always loved his passion and enthusiasm too then his raw honesty and flaws. He is one of my favorites…