Devotional – August 8, 2025

From Rev. Dr. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli:

“When you are able to stay connected to the love of God who holds you, calls you by name, forgives you, and empowers you to shine, you will be better equipped to act in the world with sacred resistance.

Because you will know firsthand what sacred resistance is really about: it’s about love, love that looks upon each person with a desire for their well-being, love that looks upon human community with a desire for healing and peace with justice, love that looks into all creation with a desire for mending and reverence, love that is compassionate and merciful, love that is stubborn and sacrificial.

This is how God loves the world. This is how God loves you. This is how God created you to love.

“You are the light of the world,” Jesus says. As long as you take those words seriously, even when you feel dimmed by weariness and worn down with grief, God’s love will continue to shine, lighting the way not only for you to keep going, but also for others to see you and to follow.”

– GEGC from “Sacred Resistance”

Peace Be With You. – Paul