The Wonder of the Cross – Day 5 – Above All Else
Whenever we hold on to something all we are doing is filling up space with dross instead of letting it be suffused with the love of the One Who Loves us Best.
Whenever we hold on to something all we are doing is filling up space with dross instead of letting it be suffused with the love of the One Who Loves us Best.
If something upsetting happens, don’t let it upset.
Even when we feel we have failed, God writes Not in vain over everything we have tried to do in His Name.
In the Gospels Jesus praises the gifts of two people, Mary with her pint of pure nard and the elderly woman at the Temple with her widow’s mite. Their gifts differ greatly in value, but their offering is the same;
Faith is trusting when nothing is explained.
We persevere whatever our failings or falling during Lent because
‘It’s time for us to live the songs we sing
And turn our good intentions into action.’
If our Lord does not despair of us, we must not despair of ourselves.
One day, whether we like plainsong or hymns, choruses or Latin chant, we will all sing together forever. Perhaps, especially if the worship where we find ourselves is not familiar or to our taste, we need to learn to ‘Join the song’.
He will not despair even of us – even of me.
Our Beloved, though we are unworthy, is, ‘captivated by us’(!) and our only response must be to allow our hearts to be stolen and spend the next 40 Days at least being ’Captivated by Him’.