Christ Who Waits for All

Friday’s Reflection

O LOVING CHRIST who waits for all
to move forward,
to change inward,
to love outward.
Wait now with me as I long and learn to become more like you.
Guide me to wait with the lost,
to stand with the weak,
to have a heart for the brokenhearted.
Amen.

- Pamela C. Hawkins
The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent

From “Prayers for Intercession” for Fridays of Lent, page 44 in The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lentby Pamela C. Hawkins. Copyright © 2009 by Pamela C. Hawkins. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.

Today’s Question

What opportunities do you have to wait with the lost, stand with the weak, or show you have a heart for the brokenhearted? Share your reflections.

Today’s Scripture Reading

John 11:17-27

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