PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 30 December 2017
THIS
PASSING WORLD
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “The world and its desires
are passing away, but those who do the will of God live for ever..” (1 John 2:12-17)
Reflection. I don’t like this section
of John’s first letter. It seems to be a collection of disjointed ideas. But,
in these last days of the year, it – together with the gospel mention of Anna –
describes the passing away of life as we know it. Old people diminish and die
and yet we know we are describing their bodily life – not their existence which
is not the same as their body. Anna is 84 (Luke 2:36-40) and looks forward to
the “deliverance of Jerusalem” – something that was not a political agenda. She
appears for a moment and then disappears, together with all those, we included,
who are “passing” But the promise, as the year ends, is of a life that endures
and blossoms for ever.
Prayer. Lord, may we deepen our
longing for what endures for ever and not get too caught up in what is passing
by. Amen.
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