PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday
21 February 2015
YOU SHALL FIND HAPPINESS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “If you give your bread to
the hungry and relief to the oppressed … you shall find happiness in the Lord.”
(Isaiah 58:9-14)
Reflection. It is a simple message which
countless people witness to: if you struggle for justice and go out of your way
to be a person for others, you will find happiness. Our prevailing culture can
entice people into believing that happiness has to be sought for. If my mind is
set on my own interests I will be happy. But I think we would agree you cannot
seek happiness in itself. Happiness is the result, the unsought by-product,
of responding to calls that draw us out
of ourselves and make us people for others.
Prayer. Lord, teach us this Lent to
move beyond our personal interests to reach out tot hose who are suffering. Amen.
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