The lessons this week are about knowing, recognizing the truth, and recognizing the presence of God in our lives. Samuel recognized God's presence and truth with Eli's help, overcame his own reservations, and told Eli God's truth, as hard as it was.
Beautiful Psalm 139 is a confession and hymn of gratitude to God who knows us all our days, knit us together in our mothers' wombs, and is still with us.
Jesus knew Nathanael before Philip called him, as an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.
Professor Alyce M. Mackenzie helps us be aware of God's presence in our lives in "Recognizing Jesus: Reflections on John 1:43-51."The Rev. Debie Thomas, in "Come and See," says that Nathanael, a skeptic, experienced an epiphany in recognizing Jesus as the Son of God, and Light of the World. More importantly, is what Jesus sees in Nathanael - in you and me.
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