The Henri Nouwen Society website posting HERE can be effective on several fronts. First, the visual. Can you relate to balancing based on that Unsplash.com picture?
Then there is Nouwen’s text including
Reading that commentary is an important reminder. It can also bring a smile for viewers of the movie City Slickers. In the scene HERE, Curly talks about The Secret of Life and the ONE thing.Jesus’ response to our worry-filled lives is quite different. He asks us to shift the point of gravity, to relocate the center of our attention, to change our priorities. Jesus wants us to move from the “many things” to the “one necessary thing.”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” – Luke 10: 41, 42 (NIV)
May we be willing to make a suitable number of tries while attempting to stay on “the Christ-centered log,” strengthened and spurred by the Spirit!
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, March 5, 2023:
POTENTIAL LENTEN PRAYER ACTIONS: Perhaps one of these will stir an opportunity for prayer enhancement during Lent 2023?
- Guidepost FREE Lenten prayer daily email HERE
- With all that’s going on with refugees in our world, “40 Prayers in 40 Days” HERE **
- Lenten Prayer by Rev. Dr. LP Jones HERE
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