hi guys! sorry for the rather late post
anyway, this week's belated prayer pointer is what eugenia encouraged us to pray about last cg. to better illustrate it, here's an excerpt from my most favourite book of this year. it's titled The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brenan Manning.
it's a prayer from a dying rabbi who called his friend over, and told him that he had never regretted a single moment of his life. and it started from a prayer he asked God. Solomon asked for wisdom. other men have asked for more annointing, more power, more wealth, more wisdom, all these to help others probably. yes, even wealth and power!
but this rabbi asked God for wonder. and so this is his prayer
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of Your universe. Delight me to see how Your Christ plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not His, to the Father through the features of men’s faces. Each day enrapture me with Your marvelous things without number. I do not ask to see the reason for it all; I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
to be really honest, i think i've become rather cynical. and as a matter of fact, i don't think it's a bad thing at all. i've lost a big bunch of naivety; and for that reason i think my faith is a lot more real, my choices are no longer so one-tracked, and i really hope that God treasures this somewhat more sophisticated and if i may say so, intelligent side of me. because i don't think there's any going back to last time.
but i realised 1 thing i am flawed in. and it's that i don't let myself get awed anymore. i don't let myself sit back and take in the sights. for some reason i just don't. and so this week's prayer pointer is that
we'd allow God to blow our minds away.
cheesy as that sounds, i don't think it's an inapt description. just now, and i really mean just now, God really did blow my mind, when i started simply reminiscing about the amazing lack of logic in the Gospel. how things can ever end up in such a way that dirty rats like us get away scot free, and in fact, with the biggest and best piece of cheese, is not of this world. it really isn't.
have you ever wondered why you remain a Christian?
i have.
and the answer is usually the same. there's nothing better. and there never will be.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
Matt 13:45-46
God bless you guys!
>>and i live just for you my lord.
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