Sunday, 3 May 2015

OUR HOME WITH HIM

PRAYER MOMENT 


Monday 4 May 2015


OUR HOME WITH HIM


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “If anyone loves me they will keep my word, and my Father will love them and we shall come to them and make our home with them.” (John 14;21-26)


Reflection. The word ‘home’ has more than the physical meaning of a place. It connotes a whole network of relationships and personal memories. It gives roots, identity and security. Leaving home, whether forced (refugees) or voluntary (economic migrants) is a heavy decision people make with reluctance. John plays with this when the disciples ask Jesus (in chapter one), “Master, where do you live?” Jesus doesn’t answer, “in Mhondoro” or “California.” He says, “come and see.” His home is not tied to a physical place. It is a relationship; “I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” The disciples, of course, didn’t get it then but they did later. We have our homes which nourish us and give us meaning and joy. But we are also invited to make our home in God as he does in us.  


Prayer. Lord, you “stand at the door and knock.” Help us to open the door to welcome you and invite you make your home in us. Amen.
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