Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 20
It is never the amount of prayer that is important, though if you have more time to pray use it, it is ensuring that time for prayer however short, is set aside.
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Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 18
If we do not pray we have no food for the journey, no strength for the service and no courage to help endure the sacrifice.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 16
There are so many calls on our life and finding a good balance is difficult. As our pilgrimage continues we will need to emphasise some activities over others, but in so doing we must careful to not neglect any of the good things which help our journey homeward.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 15
Thos of use who are not called to literal poverty can sometimes feel as if we have been lumbered with our possessions and the only way to work with them is to deny them. But if we learn to ‘sit lightly’ to them we can begin to see the goods we have as gifts for the furthering of the Gospel.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 14
Those who have more than enough of this world’s goods face the challenge of how much they should give away and how much they should keep for their own well-being. Tithing and other formulae for giving are unequal and still leave us in thrall to our possessions. What is needed is a generous heart alongside an open pocketbook.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 10
Speaking out for justice and peace is not easy work and it is difficult to do it and still be cheerful. Yet, it is only as we reach for the joy ahead of us that we are able to find the strength to endure the persecution of the present.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 9
In following Christ there is no room for prejudice or discrimination against any who are ‘different’ in any way.
As the Sunday School song reminds us ‘All are precious in his sight’ and so everyone must be precious to us as well
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 8
Life would be much easier if we could pick and choose who we are called to care for, to forgive, and to cherish. Following in Christ’s footsteps demands that we even forgive and save those whom we don’t like and who dislike us.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 7
If we are honest we cannot ‘make’ anybody into a disciple of Christ, that is the work of the Holy Spirit. All we can do is to live lives that are so transformed by the Gospel of Christ that people want something of what we have.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 6
Telling other people our beliefs is not easy, and when we do we need to do so with love and care but it is a task that must be done or how else will people know who we are?
