Interesting video
Econ 4 - Introduction from Softbox on Vimeo. This is a short but interesting video about the economy and greed. Good to watch. But what to do about it?
Meditation - Friday 4 November
Here are the notes from this morning's meditation. They are not exactly as delivered, but pretty close.
The readings were:
Psalm 16
Isaiah 3: 1-15
Matthew 4:1-11
In the temptation of Christ, it seems to me that Jesus, in resisting the Devil, is waiting on God. Jesus is not taking control of His own destiny.
He is not procrastinating but He is content to wait, trusting patiently on God, for the outcome that God wants. Even in Gethsemane, Jesus could have refused, taken charge, speeded things up.
How often have I, or you, sought to give God a helping hand, impatient in the wait, eager for the conclusion. I might have been confident I was doing the right thing, resisting temptation, yet impatient waiting.
I know that God is all powerful, but it is almost as if He could do it quicker – and dare I say better - with a bit of help from me. I jump in with a solution to a problem that might not even exist.
Yet Jesus, even in the barren wilderness, is accepting of the wait on God, that God is in control.
In the Psalm, we are reminded The Lord is at my right hand, I shall not fail. He understands and somehow walks alongside as well as in front and behind.
As we wait now for breakfast, for curacy news, for information, for essay results, for family news, for difficult roads to become less of a struggle, for the path to become clearer, let us reflect on waiting in the knowledge that the Lord is at our right hand.
The readings were:
Psalm 16
Isaiah 3: 1-15
Matthew 4:1-11
In the temptation of Christ, it seems to me that Jesus, in resisting the Devil, is waiting on God. Jesus is not taking control of His own destiny.
He is not procrastinating but He is content to wait, trusting patiently on God, for the outcome that God wants. Even in Gethsemane, Jesus could have refused, taken charge, speeded things up.
How often have I, or you, sought to give God a helping hand, impatient in the wait, eager for the conclusion. I might have been confident I was doing the right thing, resisting temptation, yet impatient waiting.
I know that God is all powerful, but it is almost as if He could do it quicker – and dare I say better - with a bit of help from me. I jump in with a solution to a problem that might not even exist.
Yet Jesus, even in the barren wilderness, is accepting of the wait on God, that God is in control.
In the Psalm, we are reminded The Lord is at my right hand, I shall not fail. He understands and somehow walks alongside as well as in front and behind.
As we wait now for breakfast, for curacy news, for information, for essay results, for family news, for difficult roads to become less of a struggle, for the path to become clearer, let us reflect on waiting in the knowledge that the Lord is at our right hand.
Ways to Simplify your Life
I have now made a few posters, based on some of the tips, which I have put in my study to help me think about them. There is a PDF here in case they might help you.
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