PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 15 February 2018
IF
ANYONE WANTS TO BE A FOLLOWER OF MINE
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “If anyone wants to be a
follower of mne, let her renounce herself and take up her cross every day and
follow me.” (Luke9:22-25)
Reflection. When the Apollo space craft
were flying to the moon “mission control” would “adjust its course” from time
to time. Lent is such a time and our readings call us to make decisions about
our course. For someone rrying to be a follower of Jesus if means looking hard
at, maybe small, but influential decisions we make daily – choices we make
which take us “off course”. There are people we avoid meeting. There are things
on the internet “off track.” There are challenges in my work that I postpone. Lent
is a time for choosing, for ending the drifting “off course” that I may have
slipped into. The discipline of Lent may be giving up some things I like, but
it also may be deciding to do things I don’t like.
Prayer. Lord, help us to enter Lent
with a generous heart; to discern the choices I make each day and have the
courage to make adjustments. Amen.
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