Saturday, March 9

Jeremiah 13:1-11

Psalms 87, 90, 136

Romans 6:12-23

John 8:47-59

“We’ve got some diem to carpe!” is one of my favorite lines from a children’s movie called, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”  I love the twisting around of the aphorism, which we typically translate as “Seize the day!”  Our one precious life on this earth is so short, and when taking seriously the path of a Christian, it is even more cherished.

I paused to read through the thirty to forty scriptures selected for the day’s reading, and perhaps it is the educator in me, the years of note taking and lesson planning to break things down in parts, but I learn from seeing them in a culminating poem:

You may choose to refuse to listen

Do what your stubborn heart wants

Chase after other gods

And worse yet, serve and worship them

Useless

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Pray as Moses:

“Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffer, give us joy

for as many years as we’ve had trouble.  Show us mighty acts.”

All blessings come from Zion

His faithful love continues forever

A slave to right living is being holy

The reason you may not hear is that you do not belong to God

Everyone who belongs to God hears what God says

As Head of Holy Spirit Episcopal School, I watch children grow before my very eyes.  Too often, they see us making choices to get involved in things that are unimportant—things that take our mind off of God.  Dysfunction and breakdowns in communication lead to mistrust.  Our way to truly “belong” is to meet the challenge of listening, opening up our hearts and focusing on doing what is right in His eyes.  In this very moment in time, while our young ones are watching us, join me in shouting, “Let our children see His glorious power!”

Lori A. Preston

Head of School, Holy Spirit Episcopal School