Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Saturday After Ash Wednesday

The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your need in parched places,
and make your bones strong.

Isaiah 58:11

Saturday Prayer

Lord, you take broken things and make them new.  You have taken a broken world and made it new again by the powerful cross of Christ.  Do the very same in my life: transform my complaints so that they become crosses I carry for you.  Turn my grumbling into gladness.  Make my many objections new so that they can become opportunities to carry a cross for you.  Do what only you can do: Make all things new.   Amen.

Saturday Meditation

Many voices around and within us warn us of their dangers of dependence.  We fear being dependent on others because of the idea that dependence is a threat to our security.  A friend once told me how often his father would say, “Son, be sure you don’t become dependent on anybody.  Be sure you do not have to beg for what you need.  Be sure that you always have enough money so you can have your own house, your own things, and your own people to help you.  As long as you have some money in the bank, nothing bad can really happen to you.”  The pressure in our culture to secure our own future and to control our lives as much as possible does not find support in the Bible.

-          Henri Nouwen