pour

Opening Prayer: O God, you who expressed yourself fully in the Lord Jesus, help us—we who are made in your image—to be living expressions of your love, care, and creativity in this world.  For it is only when we pour ourselves out, that we are being most like your Son.  Help us to do just that, today and every day.  Amen.

Scripture: Philippians 2:17-18

Journal: How is God asking you to be poured out?  What gifts did he give you that only find their ultimate expression and satisfaction when they are being poured out to others?

Reflection:

     pour

O to use the gift

You have breathed

into each of us

is like a fountain

a well springing up

to overflowing

which cannot

and should not

be contained

how good and pleasant 

it is when that which

was breathed into us

is poured out

it is as if the soul itself

were calling out

from its depths

for this i was made

for there is a filling

and there is a pouring

that is all part

of the grand design

life begetting life

begetting life

begetting life

and on and on

to eternity

reflecting all the while

the nature of our creator

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you have given me gifts, in order that I might give them away.  And thank you that this giving away has a glorious effect on my soul—renewing and replenishing itself even in the giving.  This is your grand design.  Amen.