HE CAME TO HIS SENSES

PRAYER MOMENT 

Saturday 7 March 2015

HE CAME TO HIS SENSES

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Then he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s paid servants have more food than they want and here am I dying of hunger! I will arise and go to my father.” (Luke 13:11-32)

Reflection. The story of the lost (prodigal) son is a capsule of the gospel. It contains the reaction of a person who hears the words in the opening of Mark, ‘Repent, change your mind, believe the good news!’ This person represents all who have eyes only for what ‘the world’ offers and are intent on simply having a good time. He or she avoids looking inwards until a time when catastrophe strikes. This seems to be our experience: suffering, from outside or within, from war or from depression for example, forces us to look inside. What is my attitude? What can I do to change it if it needs changing? We have the impression that the younger brother in the story was twice the man at the end than he was at the beginning.

            

Prayer. Lord, open our hearts and minds to see how we can open the door to you during this season when you knock. Amen.