Daily Office Readings for Saturday of the 2nd Week in Lent: Year 2
Morning, Psalm 75 and 76; Evening, Psalm 23 and 27;
Genesis 43:16 to 34; 1st Corinthians 7:10 to 24; Mark 5:1 to 20:
“O tarry and await the Lord’s pleasure; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart; wait patiently for the Lord.”
Waiting for the Lord is not easy. When we realize that God is never concerned about time because God is outside of time. We, on the other hand, have a beginning and an end. And we are nervous about how we are going to do this or that, before it’s too late.
I think Moses at the edge of the Red Sea with the freed Israelites (Exodus 14), is the story I think about most often. In that Exodus situation, God comes to Moses and works with him to both get the Israelites across the sea as well as destroying Pharoh’s army. God wins all the time, but when?
I try to maintain my connection with God through prayer and meditation. I need to be more like Moses and remind those with me who are also waiting, to “Wait patiently for the Lord.” God, who created time, can stop time, or speed up our movement to meet what ever we need. God’s Will, will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.
Today we remember Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs at Carthage (March 202) and their information may be found at: Perpetua & Her Companions.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and to serve, and to teach others to love and to serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
Let us pray: For Guidance (BCP p. 832)
Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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