prayer for a Monday in November

The Prayer of the Week from The Divine Hours says:

"O God, whose blessed son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, I may purify myself as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, I may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen."

The two phrases that stuck out for me as I read this morning were "purify myself as he is pure" and "that I may be made like him." These two phrases spurred me to ask the Lord my own questions.

How do I need to be purified?
What things in my life distract or corrupt me?
What things in my life pull me from your love, your kingdom, and the work you have for me to do?
In what ways, during this season, do I need to be made more like Christ?

Lord, in my reading of Luke* show me the parts of Jesus' character that you want me to admire and long for. Help me to relinquish myself to you so that you can bring that character trait (more likely traits) to fruition in me.

I'm gonna think on these things this week every time this prayer comes up in the liturgy. Hope I get some good ideas/answers.

*My boyfriend (!) and I are reading through Luke for our first (!) spiritual exercise together (!). Why Luke? Because I am lame. When T asked me what my favorite book of the Bible was, I was tired and though my brain thought, "James," my mouth said, "Luke." Pfft! Oh well. Lord willing, we'll do James another time. :) And Luke will be cool to read during Advent, Epiphany, and Lent.

Ps 143:8,10

From Morning Prayers

"Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lifet my soul to you... Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God! Let your Spirit lead me on level ground."

sorry for the test post

Just need to see what shows up.

still on hiatus, but...

I still don't feel like its time to come back to blogging, but I have all these great quotes that I'd love to share with people, and Twitter just ain't cuttin' it. So, I think I'll start posting the longer ones here.

To start off, here's a lovely one from Joshua Choonmin Kang:

"The voice of God is the voice of love. The wilderness can be a beautiful place when we start to hear God. As we learn to listen, desert flowers bloom and the wilderness is filled with love."

Cheers!

the old has gone

I finally had time to archive all those old posts. Holy Mackeral! That was a lot of blathering on for 3.5 years.

I'm not blogging anymore, but I may keep this space up, because, quite honestly, I like the url. :) And I have my Twitter account attached to this site. And besides, who knows what the future holds.

It's handy to have a spot on the Internet all to myself. I may turn this into a chapbook of sorts to store quotes from good books. Or as a place to store links to stuff I like.

For now, though, so long, and thanks for all the fish!