Friday 24 May 2013

HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THEM


Saturday 25 May 2013

HE PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THEM

Pause. Be still and in the presence.

Reading. “He put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.” (Mark 10:13-16)     

Reflection. The word ‘God’ triggers different meanings and messages to different people. Some see him as a distant managing director; others as a demanding boss. Jesus came to reveal who God really is. He is a God of tenderness and compassion longing to gather his people into his father’s house. And all that is needed to enter that house is to have the simplicity and uncomplicatedness of a child.   

Prayer. I pray for the openness to life that a child shows; that simple expectancy and wonder, that trust and uncalculating readiness to relate, that desire to love and be loved. Amen..

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