Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, help us to never lose sight of the
one thing because of the many things.
We get so distracted and anxious at times. Help us always to choose the better part;
the part that will not (and cannot) be taken from us—you! Amen.
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42
Journal: What has you worried and upset these days? What things are distracting you from
Jesus? Do you really believe that he is
the better part?
Refection:
Most of our conflicts and difficulties come from
trying to deal with the spiritual and practical aspects of our life separately
instead of realizing them as parts of a one whole. If our practical life is centered on our own
interests, cluttered up by possessions, distracted by ambitions, passions,
wants and worries, beset by a sense of our own rights and importance, or
anxieties for our own future, or longings for our own success, we need not
expect that our spiritual life will be a contrast to all this. The soul’s house is not built on such a
convenient plan: there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction—not merely the
idea—that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, comes first and IS
first, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which
have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished oratory, and drowning all
the quieter voices by their din. (The Spiritual Life by Evelyn
Underhill)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, may we never miss the important by
being consumed with the urgent. Give us
the strength and the wisdom to always choose the good part—sitting at your feet
and listening to what you say. Amen.
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