Friday, February 12,
2016
Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
2 Corinthians 6:2b "See, now is the acceptable time;
see, now is the time of salvation!"
If you have
had the good fortune to travel to Israel, you have most likely seen the
wilderness between Jerusalem and Jericho, the wide expanse of rock and stone
and stone and rock. And boulders. And stone. And rock. Hill and wash, mount and vale of rock, stone
and rock. And to this wilderness Jesus was led by the Spirit. The Beloved of
God, led into dryness and thirst and hunger and stone and rock. And so for
these forty days, we enter into an intentional wilderness, as community and as
individuals. We let go of the beloved word Alleluia. We take on disciplines: we
fast, for the good of our bodies; we pray, for the good of our souls; we do
acts of compassion, for the good of others. We do this, not to imitate the
Jesus of two thousand years ago, but to prepare, consciously prepare, ourselves
now, in this time, for the newness God has promised us: an Easter promise of
new life, of a clean heart and of a right spirit.
O God of the desert, in times of wilderness, may we always
sense your Spirit leading us to newness. Amen
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