The Wonder of the Cross – Day 3 – Break Our Hearts
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.’
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’.
‘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?