When he was at table with them, he took the bread. He blessed the bread, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him!(Luke 24:13-35)

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Prayer must be preeminent

Sometimes it's difficult to understand Holy Scripture; we think we understand some of what is written, then there comes a line or two that really doesn't seem to go with what proceeds or follows.
Take, for instance, unshrunken cloth and new wine skins.  Is it a commentary, of sorts, on the value of new things? Or is it rather a lesson on the importance of having some "order of precedence" in our lives: that is, doing what is most important and fundamental before charging ahead with things that are not?

Prayer must be the preeminent activity in my life, lest I damage the cloak given for my salvation or have an old tired-out heart unprepared to receive the ever-new love of God.

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