From today’s reading...
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,
and what do we profit by keeping his command,...
Rather must we call the proud blessed
for indeed evildoers prosper,
and even tempt God with impunity.’”
We are fickle, fatalistic, vain creatures, aren't we? We run around saying things like:
At the same time we feel confident enough to:
Today's reading from Malachi is known as "the messenger of the covenant."
The proud evildoers are not blessed. Their names are not recorded by God, who is jealous, compassionate, and just.
Oven blazes, fire, and stubble await those not in the book. Neither branch nor root of the wicked shall remain.
So tack comfort in Malachi's message today, where he reminds us of the benefit of serving God and keeping His command as we...
Stay the course.
Keep the faith.
Endure.