PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 20 February 2018
AS
THE RAIN COMES
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “As the rain comes down
from the heavens and does not return without watering the earth, making it
yield and giving it growth … so my word does not return to me empty without
carrying out my will.” (Isaiah 55:10-11)
Reflection. This reading from Isaiah
accompanies our reading from Matthew 6 giving us the words of the Our Father.
The earth has to “welcome” and be ready for the rain. (It is raining as I
write). If houses are built on sand or land is poorly tended, ther will be collapse
or erosion. Our task, following the Our Father, is to welcome the word and
allow it to flow into our lives and yield forgiveness and growth. There is a
discussion today about what “lead us not into temptation” means. God cannot
lead us into temptation. We or the world leads us into it. But God prevents us from falling if we
welcome him earnestly in our Lenten prayer.
Prayer. Our Father, your kingdom
come, your will be done. Give us this day what we need so as to grow in your
image. Forgive us and help us to forgive one another and prevent us from giving
in to temptation. Amen.
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