PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday 16 October 2013
YOU OVERLOOK JUSTICE
Pause. Enter into your inner self in stillness.
Reading. “Oh, you
Pharisees! You pay your tithe of mint … and overlook justice and the love of
God.” (Luke 11: 42-46)
Reflection. Anger
is a visceral movement like tearing up the ground when you plough a field. It
penetrates our security, our “comfort zone,” and leaves us disoriented. Think
of a time when someone was angry with you! Not a pleasant memory. It is really
an attack and can leave you wounded for a moment. What do you do? Fight back?
Defend yourself? Search for arguments to prove your attacker wrong? Or do you listen
and look at the source of this outburst of anger – and learn something new? Something
that changes you for the better? Jesus got angry with the lawyers and Pharisees
but it does not seem to have made any difference for most of them. Perhaps
Simon the Pharisee, Nicodemus and Gamaliel were among the few who did learn.
Prayer. Lord, I
hate it when people show anger towards me or raise their voice and confront me.
But help me to handle this anger well, to discern where the anger comes from
and whether it bodes well or ill. Amen
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