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’.
‘Lord, this I wish to be, this I desire,
and what Thou seest wanting in me, do Thou,
I beseech Thee, vouchsafe to supply’
Lent starts tomorrow and we have the gift os Shrove Tuesday to clear the shelves of our spiritual pantry to make way for all the blessings of the next 40 days.
Is all holy in my heart? Is all that issues forth in words and in deeds stamped with the hallmark of holiness?
It is very wonderful, and very comforting, to know that He who has so much to think of is actually thinking upon me.
To our Lord, rest was not self-pleasing ease. To serve was His chosen rest.
What about us?
…our Saviour knew all that ever could be known, and He endured to the end.
Our waters are shallow because His were deep.
Suffolk Vicar 