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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

union, tuesday

Tuesday, October 13

Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you that what you offer us is far more than a distant, formal acquaintance.  You desire so much more for us and from us.  You desire an intimate, passionate connection—a deep knowing.  Thank you that what you really want is for us to abide in you, that what you really desire is intimate union.  And thank you that you will settle for nothing less, help that to be true of us as well.  Amen.

Scripture: John 15:5-11

Journal: How would you describe you current relationship with Jesus?  What do you think he wants for you?  What would it look like to abide in him?  How will you take him up on that invitation today?

Reflection:
 
When we truly abide in Christ, when our union with Him is complete, then His desires and ours are one. (An Autobiography of Prayer by Albert E. Day)

 
     Some people live for God, some people live with God, some people live in God.
     Those who live for God, live with other people and live in the activities of their community.  Their life is what they do.
     Those who live with God also live for Him, but they do not live in what they do for him, they live in what they are before him.  Their life is to reflect Him by their own simplicity and by the perfection of His being reflected in their poverty.
     Those who live in God do not live with other men or in themselves still less in what they do, for He does all things in them. (Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton)

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, help us to learn how to truly abide in you, that we might know that deep union with you for which we were made.  Amen.

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