PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 1 February 2017
HE WAS
AMAZED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Jesus went to his home town … and
he was amazed at their lack of faith.” (Mark (6:1-6)
Reflection. Jealousy is irrational but it is
alive and with us. It makes no sense but we still indulge in it. Someone achieves
something or obtains something; they do better than I do, so I try to bring them
down – either in my thoughts or in what I say. The people of Nazareth got stuck
when it came to thinking of Jesus. He was one of them; they knew him. How come
he was “doing better” than they were? The truth was not an issue for those
people. They failed to “process” their feelings and see the folly of being
jealous of Jesus. He was amazed. And we can go on being amazed today to see how
much disruption there can be in communities and families because of jealousy.
Prayer. Lord, help
us to react quickly when feelings of jealousy came and help us to pass them by
and ignore them. Amen.
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