WAITING FOR JESUS

PRAYER PAUSE          

Monday 28 August 2017, Augustine

WAITING FOR JESUS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “And how you are now waiting for Jesus, his Son.” (1 Thess 1:2-10)

Reflection. The letter to the Thessalonians is Paul’s first and indeed the first writing we have of the new testament. And there is this theme of waiting for the Lord which I used to think meant waiting for the Lord to reappear as he promised he would at the end of time. But we can also see it as meaning waiting for his appearance now in our families and communities; waiting, that is, for the signs of the kingdom of God to become visible in our place, where ever we live, and time, that is, now. The kingdom of Gpd is “advancing” towards us, as we endeavour to live by its values we actuallu bring it about here and now.

Prayer. Our Father, your kingdom come! Aman.