Here it comes now. Also there were dry intervals on this morning’s walk. When the rain came though, it was enough to rattle audibly the leaves above my head. The wind is gentle. I am glad there are ways I can go which are quiet, but broad enough to pass people at 2m plus.
In Sunday’s Lectionary, Matthew 11:16-19, it seems that Jesus can’t win. People are eternally dissatisfied. This must be quite a common experience for parents, teachers, bosses, politicians. We moan about dishonesty, but in the end we can’t take too much honesty, and we’d rather be looked after by someone who’ll tickle our ears.
God we pray for integrity,
honesty, care, justice, mercy
to be in our heads whenever
we make our cross on the ballot paper.
We confess that we have sometimes been
selfish in our decisions.
God forgive us.