for the county zoning board to approve our 10 acre plot upon which to build - It has been approved! YEAOur last exposure to Dietrich Bonhoeffer takes off from last post’s COMMUNITY morning schedule. Much more could be said by and about him. I commend to you his book from which these 4 posts have been taken. Life Together
From the morning regimen, it is off to work.
Psa.104:23 Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.
And how to work? Col. 3:23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
The workday – then the evening prayer. It has a special place for forgiveness. Ephesians 4:26. Don’t let the sun go down while still angry. Reconciliation for the day’s troublesome times, especially conflicts within the community.
We are implementing this exercise in our community of 5 grandchildren, two parents and us 2 prime-timers with productive results. Toward the end of the meal: “okay guys, any need for reconciliation?” Silence! No one wants to squeal on another. Prime the pump. “What about that time today when ….” And discussion begins. Hopefully it ends with, “Will you forgive me for…?” Reconciliation! It will be interesting when two adults enter the exercise. Haven’t needed to yet.
Prayer time closes with asking God for protection during the night.
Final thoughts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
THE DAY ALONE
“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.
“The mark of solitude is silence, Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech. Silence is nothing else but waiting for God’s word and coming from God’s word with a blessing.
“Meditation: we read God’s word as Gods’ word for us.
“Prayer: means nothing else but the readiness and willingness to receive and appropriate the Word, and, what is more. To accept it in one’s personal situation
“Intercession: A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its people.
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