Lent daybook, 37: to crush him with pain

My Lent daybook for these 40 days of prayer. Join me, won't you? (see previous Lent daybook 2016 posts here)

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look

Bronze sculpture, source & artist unknown

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read

Isaiah 53:10-12 (MSG)

Still, it’s what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life. And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him. Out of that terrible travail of soul, he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many “righteous ones,” as he himself carries the burden of their sins. Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly—the best of everything, the highest honors— Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep. 

all readings for the day: Psalm 31:9-16; Isaiah 53:10-12; Hebrews 2:1-9

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pray

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (source)

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listen

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus by Indelible Grace Music

( I invite you to listen with me to my ever-evolving Lent playlist & Lent Spirituals playlist )

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do

How can you love others today by your actions? How can you love your neighbors, co-workers, friends, or family today? And, even more difficult, how can you love the unlovable? Be specific and put into practice one or more of your ideas.(source)

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