tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33168534.post86216630196619986..comments2023-07-01T09:13:18.655-04:00Comments on Thoughts Along the Journey: Lent, Day 16Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038325796029051894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33168534.post-5768200421754487102009-03-13T12:59:00.000-04:002009-03-13T12:59:00.000-04:00It occurs to me that St. Paul wrote that we have b...It occurs to me that St. Paul wrote that we have been created for good works (Eph. 2:10). Those works are to be works of mercy for the poor, the defenseless, the outcasts, and the forgotten. We tend to think we are doing spiritual work when we pray, read the Scriptures, fast, or meditate. But that is only the preparation for the work. The work is in those things listed above. <BR/><BR/>I hate to confess that in this Lenten season I find myself terribly deficient in such spiritual work- the very reason for which I was created and re-created.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07425878975572498479noreply@blogger.com