PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 19 July 2013 (Apologies for the gap yesterday!)
A GIRDLE ROUND YOUR WAIST
Pause. Be in touch
with the silence within.
Reading. “You
shall eat it like this: with a girdle round your waist, sandals in your feet, a
staff in your hand. You shall eat it hastily; it is a Passover in honour of the
Lord.” (Exod. 1l:10-12,14)
Reflection. There
is a sense of urgency in the account of the Passover. It is a moment of decision.
This is the time when the Jewish people will begin to separate from those among
whom they live. They will acquire a new identity. They will be marked by a new
mission. They will eat the meal already prepared for a journey.
We can transfer all these elements into our sense of our own
calling as a people of God whose values and identity are marked out in some way
as different from the values and culture of those among whom we live.
Prayer. Lord
teach me to have a discerning heart; to be able to see those values in the
world today which
are in tune with your reign; and to see those that are
totally opposed. The good grain and the weeds grow together. Help me to know
the difference. Amen.
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