Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has
both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more.
I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I
long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. (The
Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Reading for Reflection:
Deep within each of us is
the urge to know and to be known. It is
as central to the core of our being as is the urge to dance in the sunshine or
cry at weddings or sing in the shower or laugh at children or fall backward
into the snow. It is buried as deeply
within us as is the sense that it takes for us to know not to give children
stones and serpents instead of bread and fish.
It is as much a part of us as hugging a child or tending the sick or
walking on the beach.
When we were given the capacity to love,
to speak, to decide, to dream, to hope and create and suffer, we were also
given the longing to be known by the One who wants to be completely known. It is a longing woven into the very fabric of
the image in which we were made. (Between the Dreaming and the
Coming True by Robert Benson)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: O God, thank you that you have set eternity
in our hearts and that nothing in this earthy life, although they stir us
greatly, can ever completely satisfy that longing for you. These stirrings are just hints and clues, a
very small taste of a much larger Beauty that you have in store for us for all
eternity. Amen.
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