Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Father, I know my wounded and broken places oh
so well. At times they can consume me
and keep me from being able to hear your voice.
Help me to see my pain as an invitation to know you more intimately
rather than a reason to doubt the goodness of your heart. Help me to know that through my pain you
desire to accomplish something very good in me.
In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Scripture Reading for the Day: Psalm 121:1-8
Reading for Reflection:
Many of us are tempted to
think that if we suffer, the only important thing is to be relieved of our
pain. We want to flee it at all
costs. But when we learn to move through
suffering, rather than avoid it, then we greet it differently. We become willing to let it teach us. We even begin to see how God can use it for
some larger end. Suffering becomes
something other than a nuisance or curse to be evaded at all costs, but a way
into deeper fulfillment. Ultimately
mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal. (Turn
My Mourning Into Dancing by Henri J. M. Nouwen)
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, we know that all things are ordered
by your wisdom and love; grant us in all things to see your hand; that we may
walk with Christ in all simplicity, and serve you with a quiet and contented
mind. Amen. (Venite by Robert
benson)
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