Micah,
Chapter 7, verse 17
17They will lick
the dust like a snake, like crawling things on the ground; They will come
quaking from their strongholds; they will tremble in fear of you, the
LORD, our God.
Micah’s
name means “who is like Yahweh”. Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
Let us this day practice silence as much as possible and contemplate on our God
and Savior. Say the Shema Yisrael and call on the Holy Spirit to make this
day a turning point in your life.
Ask
the Holy Spirit to help you realize the universe is more than what we can see,
touch and feel. We are not crawly things and we need not build
strongholds. May our fear, be the Holy fear, of men of God. This day let us ask the Holy Spirit to help us
to know God is without limitations. Help us in the quiet of this day to realize
that Jesus Christ, the begotten son of the Living God, came to have mercy on me
a sinner.
In
our silence, we may this day discover, we are a useless servant yet we are
chosen for love[1]
by an all-powerful God who chose to become man to suffer the pains in our stead
and to save us not only from damnation but to show us how to live and be true
men.
All life is a battle and
sometimes we fail but like David let us always return to the Lord.
Do
not be afraid of anything that you are going to suffer. Indeed, the devil will
throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will face an
ordeal for ten days. Remain faithful until death, and I will give you the crown
of life. (Rv. 2:10)
Let us build up our
gratitude to the Lord for his saving graces.
“Lord Jesus Christ, you
are the strength or the weak and the confidence of those who trust in you. Be
my secure confidence and my abundant strength! Teach me to understand myself
and to believe in effectiveness of your saving grace. Grant me the courage not
to stop trying and teach me the humility to trust in you when I tend to be
discouraged by my weakness.[2]
Rogationtide Monday[3]
Rogation Days are a
Roman Catholic "baptism" of the Robigalia, a pagan procession
to gain favor from the Robigo, the Roman god of grain. Since the Church had no
objection to praying for the harvest, it threw out Robigo while keeping the
procession and prayers. Today would be a good day to reflect on what we want to
harvest this fall; so like farmers we must till the soil of our soul reflecting
this day on our use of our TIME and look at in what ways we may offer our time
to Christ to help build a harvest for His Kingdom. Fast from one meal today and offer it for the intention of God the Father.
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