Thursday, March 16, 2017
Reading: Romans 5:1-11
"Suffering
produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces
hope, and hope does not disappoint us."
Romans 5:4-5
When hardship comes to us, as it always will, we often want
to flee, and quickly. But quite often, as years pass, we discover that hardship
has taught us important lessons: trust in God, trust in our own mysterious
inner strength, compassion toward others, release of fear and anxiety,
gratitude, wonder. Help does not always come in the form we momentarily desire.
What may come may simply be an increased capacity for endurance. But God pleads
with us not to harden our hearts - to remain hopeful, God-trusting, open, and
loving. God wills for us abundant life.
Hear
our voices when we call, O God, and strengthen us to release all that keeps us
from abundant life in you. Amen
- Eat only cooked rice for one
meal; set aside the money saved for an act of love.
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