Scripture: Psalm 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
Thought for the Day: The devotional planned for today will be postponed until tomorrow so that I can bring you the above words of scripture, words that Rev. Gary Groves offered last night at our quiet Wednesday evening Lenten Service. Maybe it was because I just happened to be in the right place emotionally, but Gary spoke right to the heart of what it means to be a faith community at worship. He also spoke right to my heart. Too often we are focused on petty likes and dislikes, we complain because the service went over by 10 minutes, or someone looked at us the wrong way. In those moments, our hearts are turned away from the beauty of heaven and to the gutters of negativity and squabbling. It is contagious, spreading faster than the Gospel in the hands of a good evangelist. It is time for us to say with our lips and passionately announce with our lives, “I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Prayer: May the prayers and praise of my life, O Lord of Heaven, celebrate your love for all of humanity, which of course, includes me. I wish to be grateful, full of joy and a true witness to what it means to know you. Amen.
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