Opening Prayer: God of Hospitality, I want to prepare my heart
for your coming. Stay close by me as I walk through busy days. Open my eyes and
ears and heart that I may see you all around me. Amen. ~Beth A. Richardson
Scripture: Philippians 1:8-10
Journal: Who or what is causing your love for God to abound
more and more these days? How is God at
work in you, growing that love? How is
that growing love expressing itself to those around you?
Reflection:
To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one
human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our
tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work
is but preparation. (Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Perhaps all the dragons
in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with
beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest
essence, something helpless that wants our love. (Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer
Maria Rilke)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: So this is my prayer: that your love will
flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love
appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your
love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life,
circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits
from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved
in the glory and praise of God. ~The Message
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