yeast

Opening Prayer: Keep the Festival of Unraised Bread! This marks the exact day I brought you out in force from the land of Egypt. Honor the day down through your generations, a fixed festival to be observed always. In the first month, beginning on the fourteenth day at evening until the twenty-first day at evening, you are to eat unraised bread. For those seven days not a trace of yeast is to be found in your houses. (Exodus 12:17-19, The Message)

Scripture: Luke 12:1-3

Journal: Where is there yeast in you?  What does it look like?  How will it be eliminated?

Reflection:

     yeast

be on your guard

against the yeast

of the Pharisees

no yeast

not even a trace

nothing that taints

or mars 

or contaminates

will be tolerated

sweep every corner

clean every nook 

and cranny

for if any is present

it will work its way

through the whole lump

search the dark 

and hidden places

of your heart

expose every area

of your soul

to the light

let nothing reside within

that is not of him

let nothing live on

that must be eliminated

for he wants all of you

and will not settle 

for anything less

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, how I long to be wholly yours.  Eliminate everything from my heart and my life that is not in line with who you are and who you made me to be.  Make me fully your own. Amen.