PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 9 December 2016
I LEAD YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “I, the Lord your God, lead you in the
way you must go. If only you had been alert your happiness would have been like
a river.” (Isaiah 48:17-19)
Reflection. Advent is a promise of accompaniment;
Emmanuel, God with us. It is consoling yet difficult. Jesus speaks of children
playing; they shout instructions to one another but they don’t listen to one
another. (Matt 11:16). Paul (in Galatians 5) says, “let us be directed by the
Spirit.” If we could grow in that ability it would ease our worries. So, Advent
is a time to ask, “What is stopping me from hearing the word?” There are blockages
we rather like to keep in place. They are our defences - against the Holy Spirit!
Prayer. Lord, how
can I let go of my defences and hear you and follow you? Amen.
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