A blast on a trumpet! (Joel 2.1)
Something
important is happening.
A
proclamation; a threat of judgment.
This is
something very important indeed.
As we
enter Lent today, we could think of it as just something that happens every
year that we notice because the flower arrangers have a break, the colours in
church turn to a lovely rich purple and there’s more chocolate appearing in the
shops.
But Lent
is not about externals.
“Rend your
heart not your garments” (Joel 2.12). By all means give up
something for Lent; or take a discipline on. But make sure that it is
your heart which is at the centre; the heart in which our gracious and
compassionate Lord God is at work.
He must be
our focus in these forty days, for it is he who calls with the blast of a
trumpet.
Par le Carême, le Seigneur nous appelle à le
suivre pas seulement par nos actes mais aussi dans nos cœurs.
« Déchirez votre cœur, et non vos vêtements, et revenez à l'Eternel, lui qui est votre Dieu. » Joel 2.12 John Wilkinson
« Déchirez votre cœur, et non vos vêtements, et revenez à l'Eternel, lui qui est votre Dieu. » Joel 2.12 John Wilkinson
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