PRAYER PAUSE (Connected again!)
Monday 11 December 2017
LET
THE WILDERNESS EXULT!
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “Let the wilderness and the
dry lands exult, let the wasteland rejoice
and bloom!” (Isaiah 33:1-10)
Reflection. In Advent we feast on the
words of hope in Isaiah which are coupled with “signs” of fulfilment of his
words from the gospels. Today they are from Luke 5:17-26. “Let the dry lands exult!” We live the long
dry season each year which has embedded in it our looking forward to the rains.
We lived the long “37 years” which had embedded in it the hope which arrived
and “bloomed” for a moment on 18 November past. We have lived frustrations and
weariness in our own lives but Advent reminds us of the hope we have embedded
in our faith. Can my own dry heart receive this message? This rain? Can I allow
my own weakness to be my strength, as Paul tells us?
Prayer. Lord, help us to receive
the “rain” of your grace, your love. Help us to see our weakness as our
strength. Amen.
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