PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday, 15 June 2017
LEAVE YOUR
OFFERING THERE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “So then, if you are bringing your offering
to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
leave your offering there before the altar, and go and be reconciled with your
brother first, and then come back and present your offering.” (Matthew 5:20-26)
Reflection. This is very different from “an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” which is what unredeemed society works from.
Jesus pushes the boat out into deep water and calls us to leave our hurts and
our grudges behind. Move on. It is so easy to nurse a grudge for weeks and
months – even years. And what does it do? It just eats like rust into my own
heart. The gospel message is one of reconciliation and we are to do everything
to achieve it – especially moving beyond our hurts.
Prayer. Lord, help us to absorb the hurts
and slights and misunderstandings that come our way and move on to welcome the
reconciliation of your reign. Amen
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