Lent 2009: Day 41

Lenten Journey through the Spiritual Alphabet
Psalm 119, Sustainable Love (Holy Week Monday)

Shin (part 1)

Princes persecute me without reason,
but my heart reveres only your word.
I rejoice at your promise,
as one who has found rich spoil.
Falsehood I hate and abhor;
your teaching I love.
Seven times a day I praise you
because your edicts are just.

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When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something." So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish.
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Father, who I know from the rich spoil of Jesus:
So often I let someone knock the wind out of my sails,
more often, I simply forget to breathe,
in and out, in and out.
Let me catch Your breaths!
How are they numbered?
what is the count?
Please let me inhale and exhale in sync with your perfect number.
Amen
K