Monday, 15 January 2018

THE SABBATH IS MADE FOR US

PRAYER PAUSE


Tuesday 16 January 2018


THE SABBATH IS MADE FOR US


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath; so the Son of Man is master even of he Sabbath.” (Mark 2:23-28)



Reflection. We quickly assent to this saying of Jesus, “the Sabbath is made for man”, and easily see the hypocrisy of the Pharisees in trying to use Sabbath regulations to buttress their control over the people. But it is hard to break with “peer pressure” – as the Pharisee Nicodemus did  - when we are in a situation where “everyone does it” and the “it” is a compromise. Not long ago I was in hospital and, while the surgeon was wonderful in every way, I was disturbed at the attitude of the nurses who seemed to ignore the needs of the patients and spent a lot of time chatting noisily among themselves. I reflected how hard it would be for a nurse who thought differently to actually act differently and go against her peers.


Prayer. Lord, give us the courage to do what our heart tells us to do  - not what our peers do when they compromise with what is right and true.  Amen




































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