PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 8 November 2017
IF
ANYONE COMES WITHOUT HATING
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “If anyone comes to me
witout hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, yes,
and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:25-33)
Reflection. Jesus shocks and provokes. His
language seems exaggerated. But he makes a radical call. The kingdom comes
first. Eveything else – even my life – comes second. I am reading the life of John Bradburne by
Didier Rance. John was killed in 1979 near Mutemwa in Zimbabwe where he lived
with people with leprosy. It is clear his whole life was a desire to live out
this call of the gospel. John went far beyond what most of us can do but he is
given to us as a compass bearing. This is the way. One way or another the call
to Abraham right down through the ages to each of us living today remains as
the only path to human happiness.
Prayer.
Lord, help us to desire to mould our life to the call you place in our hearts.
Help us to see with rinsed eyes where our true happiness lies. Amen.
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