PRAYER MOMENT
Monday 12 August 2013
LOVE THE STRANGER
Pause. Be still and
enter into your own centre.
Reading. “It is
the Lord who sees justice done to the orphan and the widow. who loves the
stranger and gives him food and clothing.”
(Deut10:12-22)
Reflection. God is
teaching his people in the desert through the mouth of Moses. Here he is
developing the core teaching of love for God and love for others. The true
Israelite is to open his/her heart to the other person who may enter my life
unexpectedly (the stranger). The teaching challenges the comfort we like to have
when with “our own” people. Mrs Thatcher was said to have asked of new people “is
he one of us?” “New” people can be of a different group or tribe, or social status
– the poor person at out gate – or they may be disabled in body or intellect.
The come and disturb our comfort. The Lord invites us to welcome them and we,
like Abraham who welcomed the strangers at the Oak of Mamre, will be blessed.
Prayer. Lord
Jesus, teach me to welcome the unexpected, the disturbance, the unforeseen
alteration to my plans. Help me to let go of myself so as to welcome your
coming. Amen
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