Weekly Meditations Based on the “Word of the Week”

March 27 –Wonderful Word of Life:  Will

Lord, help me to persist although I want to give up,

Lord, help me to keep trying although I can’t see what good it does.

Lord, help me to keep praying although I’m not sure You hear me.

Lord, help me to keep living in ways that seek to please You

Lord, help me to know when to lead and when to follow.

Lord, help me to know when to speak and when to remain silent.

Lord. Help me to know when to act and when to wait.

By Marion Wright Edelman from Guide My Feet

April 3 Wonderful Word of Life:  Bread

When Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it and gave it to his disciples, he summarized in these gestures his own life.  Jesus is chosen from all eternity, blessed at his baptism in the Jordan River, broken on the cross and given as bread to the world.

Being chosen, blessed, broken, and given is the sacred journey of the Son of God, Jesus the Christ.

When we take bread, bless it, break it, and give it with the words, “This is the Body of Christ” we express our commitment to make our lives conform to the life of Christ.  We too want to live as people chose, blessed, and broken and thus become food for the world.

 - from Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen

April 10 – Wonderful word of Life: Forgive

Probably our journey of forgiveness will be impossible unless we realize we cannot do it alone.  We are not the source of our healing.  Truly the kingdom of God is within us as Jesus told us.  But that kingdom is God’s presence, and we need God’s help to experience that inner glory.

As with any deep healing and release, the empowered mercy of God within and around us is ours to claim.  We must face the facts: we are vulnerable (woundable); we have been hurt; we need to name our hurt and our deep needs as clearly and fully as we can.  Little can change until we have faced where we actually are.

From Forgivenesss, the Passionate Journey by Flory Slosson Wuellner