PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 15 December 2017
YOU
WOULDN’T DANCE
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “We played the pipes for
you, and you wouldn’t dance.” (Matthew
11:16-19)
Reflection. Jesus lamented the failure
of his contemporaries to understand “their moment”. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how
often have I longed to gather you …” (Matt 23:37). It is a sad business when we
miss an opportunity. We all have regrets. Sometimes there is a touch of pride
in this regretting. Someone like me shouldn’t have missed that! How could I?
Etc. It is good to accept the reality of our limitations. It helps our humility.
There I go again! And at the same time I persevere in ever trying to respond to
the moments when they come.
Prayer. Lord, you teach us to
watch; to be awake and alert. Help us to notice when you knock on our door.
Amen.
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