Each time the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord comes around, we hear this invitation to see ourselves mirrored in Christ, in all of Christ’s belovedness. Each time we have an opportunity to trust a little more deeply, not in ourselves, but in God’s profound and grace-filled love for us.

For reflection:

• Here we are at the dawn of a new year, a few days in. You made it through 2021, an incredibly difficult year, and you’ll make it through this one too. How can you move forward into 2022, fully aware that you are God’s beloved and that with you God is so well pleased?

• What would that look like?

• What does it mean to be God’s beloved?

• How can you move through the new year mirroring to your family, coworkers, friends, and communities their belovedness too?

• I invite you to spend a few moments just basking in the love of God.