PRAYER MOMENT
Monday
17 August 2015
THEY
DESERTED THE LORD
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The sons of Israel did
what displeases the Lord and served the Baals. The deserted the Lord, the God
of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt.” (Judges 2:11-19)
Reflection. Israel looked back in
sadness to the time when they turned away from God. In lucid moments in their
history they recorded their constant failure to live up to the covenant. Is it
so different from our own story today when we look back – both as the new
people of God and as individuals? It seems to be so hard for humankind to hold steady
to the course God has called us to walk. Yet we should never lose heart. We
have achieved much - both as God’s
family and as individuals. We remind ourselves of the great hope that we have.
The fourteenth century mystic, Julian of Norwich, wrote in her Showing of Love that “all will be well
and all manner of thing will be well.”
Prayer. Lord, give us confidence to
know that despite our failings you are faithful and walk with us and an all
will be well. Amen.
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