Thursday 23 February

Deuteronomy 20:15-20; Psalm 1; Luke 9: 22-25.

How much can I give?

Jesus asks that I deny myself if I wish to follow him, so, I put myself aside and place him first in my life. I take up my cross, hoping to endure anything so that I may be true to my Lord. I have been given life not to hoard it for myself but to spend it for Jesus and for others. Someone said rightly, “If we are true to Jesus in time, he will be true to us in eternity.” All of these things require much prayer and reflection. Dear God, I need courage now!!