PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 1 March 2018, David
A GREAT
GULF HAS BEEN FIXED
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “But that is not all;
between us and you a great gulf has been fixed.” (Luke 16:19-31)
Reflection. This is a horrific saying.
After death there is no further option for change. The rich man has made his
choice. Death confirms it as final. That’s awful. We see this “great gulf” in
many places – especially between the rich and the poor and it seems it is
widening. And there can be othert kinds of gulfs in families and communities or
between the “healthy” and the “handicapped”, for example. The parable has a
tragic finality about it: “they will not be convinced even if someone should
rise from the dead.” The human heart gets fixed, set on a course towards wealth
and power, for instance, and, it seems, nothing can alter that trajectory.
Prayer. Lord, help us to examine
our choices. Help us to change where change is needed. Amen.
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