Daily Prayer

Take a moment before you begin this morning and just slowly and meaningfully pray this prayer.

Lord of promise,
how quickly we forget,
how slow to understand,
The path is not the destination,
The desert not our land.
Amen.

Daily Scripture: EPHESIANS 2:1-10

Find the above scripture in your bible and read slowly – you might want to read it out loud. You can read it here.

Lenten Poem

This God,
who watches worlds,
sees my heart.
This careful calculator,
counting countless millions,
counts me in.
This artist,
whose canvas outstretches
eternity at both ends,
whose palette out-shines planets,
paints my portrait.
This lover,
who dreams in universes,
dreams of me.
This creator,
whose breadth of vision spans time
and spawns cosmos,
whose woven tapestry of purpose,
more compound than chaos,
eclipsing complexity,
rolls out like a highway through history,
whose heartbeat deafens supernovas,
this perfect parent
kisses me.
This playwright,
playing
with the deaths and entrances of stars,
scripting
the end from the beginning,
knowing
the purpose of the play,
watches my feeble audition,
and writes
me
in.

| Gerard Kelly

Lenten Song: You Brought Me Out

Closing Blessing

When memory forsakes us,
And we are tempted to return,
When forgetfulness makes us faithless
And truths remain unlearned,
When we run wild amidst the wilderness
And fashion idols amongst the sands
When the tester becomes the tested
And we lose sight of the promised land.

Forgive us Lord, we pray.

Deliverer, help us to remember,
And bring these things to mind,
That freedom stands before us.
And slavery behind.
That in the desert we are not deserted
And in our wanderings, we are not lost,
That no land is God-forsaken
And the promise worth the cost.

Bless us Lord, we pray

Evening Zoom Reflection at 9pm

We will be meeting tonight on Zoom to reflect on this together. You would be most welcome to join us. We start at 9pm and finish at 9:20pm. Maybe bring a Bible and a journal if you have them.

We are usually on a few moments before for a chat. Click here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84743926286

We would love to make this a shared learning experience as much as possible so therefore please consider adding any thoughts, questions and insights that might arise for you in the comments section below. We would love to hear what God is up to in this time!