“So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” He is your praise; he is your God who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen.”
"Fear of the Lord" signifies a deep reverence, respect, and awe for God's power and authority, leading to a life of humility, obedience, and a desire to please Him, rather than a fear of punishment.
This text is a daily call for me to self-examine my life and my faith journey:
“Today, did I do what God requires of me?”
“Did I hold The Lord in awe today with deep reverence and wonderment?”
“Did I walk in God’s ways today? How did it show up in my life today that I love The Lord with all my heart and soul and my neighbor as myself?”
“Did I serve God today as I know I should have?”
“Was I humble in my ways, today, obedient to God’s commandments?”
“Have I been true to the promises I made to my Bishop at my ordination to the Diaconate?"
This is what I try to do every evening at Complin time, I pray Ignatius’ “Daily Examen”: “I thank you, Lord, for all the things I am grateful for today. I ask the Holy Spirit to help me recognize today’s failures. I thank you for the moments that went well, for the gifts your Spirit gave me today. I repent for my mistakes or failures and ask for forgiveness and healing.”
What else can I do? I can celebrate the idea of gift. I can respond to Gifts of the Spirit with all humility, with surprise, faith and thanksgiving. I acknowledge these gifts to me as power to bring love, foster humility, civility and usher in generosity.
“Lord, teach me to trust my heart, my mind, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of the Spirit within me. Teach me to trust these things that I may enter your Sacred Space, love beyond my fear; and walk in balance every day.” from a Lakota Prayer
And so finally at the end, teach me, Lord, The I AM, “when the earth has turned under me and my voice seldom heard; gifts that blest my life slipped away and my mind is thick and hope is thin; when dark is all around me, . . . .to trust you will stand beside me until the Sacred Light of dawn.”
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” Isaiah 55: 7
"Fear of the Lord" signifies a deep reverence, respect, and awe for God's power and authority, leading to a life of humility, obedience, and a desire to please Him, rather than a fear of punishment.
This text is a daily call for me to self-examine my life and my faith journey:
“Today, did I do what God requires of me?”
“Did I hold The Lord in awe today with deep reverence and wonderment?”
“Did I walk in God’s ways today? How did it show up in my life today that I love The Lord with all my heart and soul and my neighbor as myself?”
“Did I serve God today as I know I should have?”
“Was I humble in my ways, today, obedient to God’s commandments?”
“Have I been true to the promises I made to my Bishop at my ordination to the Diaconate?"
This is what I try to do every evening at Complin time, I pray Ignatius’ “Daily Examen”: “I thank you, Lord, for all the things I am grateful for today. I ask the Holy Spirit to help me recognize today’s failures. I thank you for the moments that went well, for the gifts your Spirit gave me today. I repent for my mistakes or failures and ask for forgiveness and healing.”
What else can I do? I can celebrate the idea of gift. I can respond to Gifts of the Spirit with all humility, with surprise, faith and thanksgiving. I acknowledge these gifts to me as power to bring love, foster humility, civility and usher in generosity.
“Lord, teach me to trust my heart, my mind, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of the Spirit within me. Teach me to trust these things that I may enter your Sacred Space, love beyond my fear; and walk in balance every day.” from a Lakota Prayer
And so finally at the end, teach me, Lord, The I AM, “when the earth has turned under me and my voice seldom heard; gifts that blest my life slipped away and my mind is thick and hope is thin; when dark is all around me, . . . .to trust you will stand beside me until the Sacred Light of dawn.”
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” Isaiah 55: 7
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