Rainbow - Red

Red



For each colour of the rainbow, I thought I'd give a suggestion of a Bible passage that makes me think of that colour.

As it's the first colour of the rainbow, let's begin at the start of the Bible...
Adam, which literally means 'man', stemmed from a word meaning 'red/to be red'...quite probably because of the red clay of the ground.

(Tenuous link time...!)

From clay, how about this passage today, from 2 Corinthians, chapter 4:

It is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 

A prayer for today:


Strike the rock of our hard hearts, O God,
and let our tears of joy and sorrow
mould us to bear the imprint of your love,
given in Christ our risen Lord.

(Prayer from the Church of England)

And a quote to reflect upon, from Groucho Marx:

'Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.'



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