Dear Friends,
God spoke into my weariness this morning, as I opened up this His book today to join with the Church in Morning Prayer. It has been many many months since I have done this, and yet His Word spoke so eloquently to me in my particular situation today.
The Opening Hymn, the Old Testament Reading from Isaiah 4:6 Scripture, Psalm 5, the Old Testament Reading from Sirach 34:16, Psalm 18:3, Isaiah 25:4, the Intercessory Prayers, and the Closing Prayer all SHOUT OUT to me this day that it is the Lord who sees our stumbling and it is the Lord who shelters us and when we fall, picks us up again.
Praise God! He is alive and active in our lives!
Then in the Mass of today, we hear in the Old Testament Reading that God says, "I will allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart."
God spoke into my weariness this morning, as I opened up this His book today to join with the Church in Morning Prayer. It has been many many months since I have done this, and yet His Word spoke so eloquently to me in my particular situation today.
The Opening Hymn, the Old Testament Reading from Isaiah 4:6 Scripture, Psalm 5, the Old Testament Reading from Sirach 34:16, Psalm 18:3, Isaiah 25:4, the Intercessory Prayers, and the Closing Prayer all SHOUT OUT to me this day that it is the Lord who sees our stumbling and it is the Lord who shelters us and when we fall, picks us up again.
Praise God! He is alive and active in our lives!
Then in the Mass of today, we hear in the Old Testament Reading that God says, "I will allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak to her heart."
And in the Psalm my words of response in concert with the whole, world wide Church are:
Then in the Gospel Reading, which is always about the life of Christ, I see the words, "My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her and she will live." This is the same imagery I used yesterday when I told my friend, "I died early!"
Yes, I did die on the Camino Road that day, but it was Jesus who lifted me up and brought me home the next day, through the loving actions of my traveling companions, the albergue owner, the taxi driver, the woman seated beside me on the train to Madrid who dropped her plans to help me navigate the train station, exchanged my used train ticket for a free pass to the airport subway , then saw me onto the subway and told me where to get off....and then to the airport hotel shuttles, then to an airport hotel, then to a comfy bed and to a wonderful regional breakfast, then to an airline reservation agent, then onto a shuttle and plane for home, then into the arms of my husband, and finally back home, where so many have greeting me and welcomed me with understanding hearts.
May the news of His love spread throughout the land!
And in the Evening Prayer, God will speak to us again. If you haven't really started your own pilgrimage to God, it's time to begin!
In Loving Amazement and Joyful Praise,
Ronda
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