Suggestion for Daily Use

Follow the ‘Daily Prayer’ at the side+++Suivez le ‘Prière Quotidienne’. Read the bible passages and then the meditation. Pray, tell God how you felt about the reading and share the concerns of your life with him. Maybe you will continue the habit after Lent. Lisez les passages bible et après la méditation. Priez, dites à Dieu que vous avez ressenti à propos de la lecture et de partager les préoccupations de votre vie avec lui. Peut-être que vous allez continuer l'habitude après le Carême. Daily Prayer Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. Luke 4.1-2 Now is the healing time decreed For sins of heart, of word or deed, When we in humble fear record The wrong that we have done the Lord. (Latin, before 12th century) Read: Read the Bible passage. Read the meditation Pray: Talk to God about what you have just read. Tell him your concerns - for yourself, your family, our church family, our world. Praise him. Pray the collect for the week – see next pages. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Prière Quotidienne Jésus, rempli de l'Esprit Saint, revint du Jourdain et le Saint-Esprit le conduisit dans le désert où il fut tenté par le diable durant quarante jours. Luc 4.1-2 Maintenant le temps de la guérison est décrété Pour les péchés du cœur, de la parole et des actes, Lorsque nous nous souvenons avec humilité Le mal que nous avons fait au Seigneur. Lire : Lisez le passage de la Bible. Lisez la méditation. Prier : Parlez avec le Seigneur de ce que vous avez lu. Parlez-lui de vos préoccupations pour vous-même, votre famille, notre famille de l’église, notre monde. Louez-le. Priez la collecte pour la semaine. Voyez les pages suivantes Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur ! Que tout qui est en moi bénisse son saint nom. Mon âme, bénis le Seigneur, et n’oublie aucun de ses bienfaits !

14 March 2011

The threads of life 


Monday 14th March

Jeremiah 4.19–end

Psalms 10, 11

Galatians 3.23–4.7

John 5.1–18

Jeremiah 4.19–end


Life can sometimes crash down around us, either very tangibly as for the citizens of Christchurch in February, or more intangibly because of our life circumstances, relationships etc. Jeremiah does not hold back in his description of the horrors that can befall us. Anguish and agony of heart, fear of the needing to fight, a sense of being misunderstood, fear that things will never be the same again, despair that others desert you, being scornful when others try to “patch over” the wounds, resignation to the fact that even creatures that are newly born are doomed to die.

For better or for worse, God is in control though God is unswerving, steadfast, with eyes set forward. He will not relent; we have to go through what we go through whatever our pain. But life, and life with God, is never without hope. We might be battered and damaged, but we are alive. Let’s today take the threads of our lives and rebuild them into God-breathed beauty and harmony.

Sue Bird

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