WITNESS
5-30-13
A LYDIA MOMENT
In the 16th chapter
Of the Book of Acts
Paul writes
About a moment of listening
By a woman names Lydia
A minor character
In the Book of the Bible
“One of those listening
Was a woman named Lydia
A dealer in purple cloth
From the city of Thyatira
Who was a worshiper of God
The Lord opened her heart
To respond to Paul’s message
When she and the members
Of her household were baptized
She invites us to her home
‘If you consider me
A believer in the Lord’
She said,
‘Come and stay in my house’
And she persuaded us”
Acts 16:14-15
Thus we have
The story of Lydia ’s
conversion
One of
What must have been
ONE of thousands of conversion stories
And our Lord
Works the same way today
When life closes in on us
From ALL directions
IT CALLS for a LYDIA MOMENT
A moment
Where we too
Stop and listen
Where we too
Tune the world out
Where we let God
Into our heart
And we respond
And let God move in us
And move in our spirit
“Forgive and act
Deal with each man
According to what he does
For you alone
KNOW THE HEARTS
Of all men”
1 Kings 8:39
Dear Lord
We pray for a LYDIA moment
In our heart
We pray
For spiritual growth
That moves us CLOSER
To you Lord-and your SPIRIT
And we pray
That we respond accordingly
When you call us outward
To HELP someone else
That may need our time
And our generosity of spirit
And finally-Dear Lord
We pray that by listening and
opening up
As Lydia
did
That we can OPEN the hearts of
others
And CREATE a LYDIA
MOMENT for them
Robert P. Wallman
5-14-13
Ps INSPIRED by
an article in Living Faith magazine
By Sister
Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
WITNESS 5-30-13
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