Lent: Journey According To LukeSample

A PERSISTENT LOVE DEVOTION I have two sons and I love them very much. They are the joy of my life. There is nothing good that I will withhold from them. Just like all fathers, even when my children upset me, I still love them and look out for their best interests. You can see such a father’s heart in the parable of the tenants. Even when the tenants repeatedly rebel against the landlord, he still keeps offering forgiveness and reconciliation. We know that Jesus is rebuking the religious leaders. However, behind such rebuke you can also hear the voice of a loving Father whose heart is broken: ‘How many times have I offered you forgiveness? Why is your heart still so hardened? When are you going to respond to me? Even when you are so rebellious, I am still sending my son to die for you …. ‘ Jesus himself is God’s persistent love in action. He never gives up on us. In this week when we move towards Good Friday and Easter Day, we prepare for a celebration of the ultimate love that we receive in God through Jesus. FOR REFLECTION • Is there someone that has shown you such persistent love that it has forever changed your life? How did you show your appreciation to them? • Is there anyone in your life now who needs your persistent love? PRAYER Father God, in this time of preparation of Easter I thank you for your unrelenting love for me. Your love has convinced me that I am secure in you. I thank you for all the people that have modeled to me such persistent love. Give me courage to extend such love to those I cannot love now. Please give me strength to love as I have been loved. Amen.