PRAYER MOMENT (Note: Much load shedding at the moment)
Saturday
27 June 2015
THE
OAK OF MAMRE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The Lord appeared to
Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent at
the hottest time of he day.” (Genesis 18:1-15)
Reflection. This is one of the peak
moments in the bible, echoing the Annunciation to Mary. There is the announcement
of a child to be born in extraordinary circumstances and there are questions of,
‘How can this be?’ It is the visit of the mysterious “three men” which Rublev
painted in his icon and opened for us a host of meditations. As with the
Annunciation the event calls for that stretch of humanity we call faith. How
easily that five letter word falls off our lips. Yet it is literally the peak
of human capacity. It calls on me to accept and “know” what is beyond knowledge
as we usually define it. The more we are battered by our own desire for “normality”
the more our “faith” knocks on our door and says, “This is not enough.”
Prayer. Lord, as we ponder the
faith of Abraham and Mary, help us to see how faith calls us out of ourselves
to something new we do not yet know. Amen.
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