Thursday, March 19, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015
JOSEPH, GUARDIAN OF JESUS
Reading:  Jeremiah 31:31-34

"No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, 'Know the LORD', for they shall all know me…for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more."   (Jeremiah 31:34)

The Greek word for repentance, metanoia, means "beyond-mind", and to repent would mean to "go beyond the mind that you have". So repentance is a change of mind, a change of heart, a change of perception. On Passion Sunday we will hear: "Have the same mind among yourselves that was in Christ Jesus…" Go beyond the mind that you have. Put your mind to it. Change. So, repentance is not just about recognizing failings, acknowledging hurt and division. It is not just about feeling bad. It is about going beyond the mind that put you there. It is about changing, transformation, new life, new mind, new heart. "They shall all know ME."

Place your teaching within our hearts, O God, that our minds may attain to wisdom. Amen

 PRAY FOR SOMEONE YOU HAVE WRONGED.  PRAY FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU. PRAY TO FORGIVE.