As we experience continued restrictions on our activities, we read today the humble prayer of the tax collector, beating his breast and praying, "O God, be merciful to me a sinner." ((Lk 18:13). He acknowledged his state and the God who only could grant him mercy. Is this our state of mind now? And if so, forced into it as we are, we are in good company and in the right time: Lent. Is not this the time to humbly recognize our weaknesses, faults and sinfulness and approach God for mercy and forgiveness? May we not be afraid to make the prayer of this tax collector our prayer. As the prophet Hosea poetically put it:
Come, let us return to the Lord,/ it is he who has rent, but he will heal us; / he has struck us, but will bind our wounds./ He will revive us, after two days;/ on the third day he will raise us up,/ to live in his presence.(Hos 6: 1-2)
Bro. Rene
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