Reading for this Sunday: Amos 9:11-15 (feel free to read all of chapter 9)
Just a short reflection - late in the week this time. :)
Amos ends with a very hopeful message to the survivors of God's judgment. This remnant will once again experience God's covenantal blessings. In this section, Amos gives a vision of what is to come.
This restoration will include gardens, vineyards in abundance, cities - reconstructing the world as they once knew it. They will permanently occupy the land. There is a newness here - a new kind of relationship with the land, God, and each other.
On Sunday we'll reflect on where we are now, after reading Amos.
*Why does the book of Amos end like this?
* What have we learned?
* What do we want to take away from Amos?
* How does it impact the way that we live?
* Are there specific actions we can think of - small steps - that would be in line with what Amos is calling for in this book?
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