SHE KEPT ON COMING

PRAYER PAUSE

Saturday 12 November 2016, Josaphat

SHE KEPT ON COMING

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “There was a woman who kept on coming to him and saying, ‘I want justice’.” (Luke 18:1-8)

Reflection. Jesus’ parable is about a judge who delays to treat a case. He keeps “losing the file” and making other excuses. But she persists. She has a strong civic sense of what should happen in the country. She doesn’t just say, ‘There is nothing I can do.’ She will “worry him to death.” The original language said something like ‘She will box my ears.’ A tough lady! And Jesus holds her up as a model of focus and prayer.

Prayer. Lord, help us to have focus. When we are pulled this way and that, may the needle of our compass keep returning to you.  Amen