{"id":9754,"date":"2022-11-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=9754"},"modified":"2022-11-27T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T17:39:44","slug":"sentinels-on-the-walls-of-our-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=9754","title":{"rendered":"Sentinels On The Walls … of Our Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday 28 November 2022<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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No matter the storms that press down on our hearts,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

we know from Jesus\u2019 Word that the light will come again,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

just as the morning star will shine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

even before the bright sun rises.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even more, we know Jesus’ Light shines always,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

even in our deepest darkest storms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isaiah 62:6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Peter 1:19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

until …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

until the day dawns …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

until the day dawns and the morning star rises …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be attentive until …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be attentive until … the morning star rises in our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advent is already under way and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while many will rush about to parties, baking and shopping and wrapping all in preparation for …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for a Christmas celebration that for most has little to do with Christ\u2019s birth, God come to earth, for the poor, the outcasts, the downtrodden, and more to do with our own traditions and attempts to bring blessings upon ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will we do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is our being attentive until the morning star rises in our hearts a guide for our days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is it that we are attentive to … until …?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prophetic Word of God! And what is that Word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is that Word other than the whole, holy story of Jesus, beginning in creation and continuing through this day until the end of all life and light and energy and existence in this universe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And how are we then to do well to be attentive to this Word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many will hope … hope that one day God will be with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in our worship we often say: God be with you<\/em>, as in M<\/em>ay God be with you! <\/em>As a wish, a desire, for that blessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then yesterday the priest (https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/gesellschaft\/gottesdienste\/katholischer-gottesdienst-474.html<\/a>)<\/em> changed that small word to be so much more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is<\/strong> with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our attentiveness brings us each day, not down some specific path or type of thinking, words, or acts. Rather this attentiveness, itself a gift from God (not our own doing), brings us to encounter each moment of each day with open eyes and open hearts, as if our being alive brings Christ\u2019s reflected light to each moment so that we see, hear, and encounter God in every bit of creation, every slice of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That morning star resides, as a gift from God, already in our hearts, yet still not completely, so we remain attentive as the days of Advent come to us,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for God is<\/strong> with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday 28 November 2022 No matter the storms that press down on our hearts, we know from Jesus\u2019 Word that the light will come again, just as the morning star will shine even before the bright sun rises. Even more, we know Jesus’ Light shines always, even in our deepest darkest storms. Isaiah 62:6 Upon … Continue reading “Sentinels On The Walls … of Our Hearts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,4,86,23,39,69,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dark-and-light","category-fall","category-hope","category-lake","category-sky","category-storm","category-sunset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9757,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9754\/revisions\/9757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}