Moving Forward - 1 March 2025

SATURDAY, March 1, DAVID OF WALES, Bishop, c. 544

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen, for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Patience may be the virtue we’ve forgotten most. Now that Amazon has drones that can fly our orders to us, we want what we want, and we want it right now! I’m seeing this embodied in my four-year-old, who often tells me that if we don’t do something or get something now, we just won’t ever.

I take great inspiration from the English, who have developed a queuing culture. To get anywhere in London usually requires a wait. Faith requires a wait, too; for us to see tomorrow what was promised yesterday, we must inhabit the now, however unsatisfying. The wait is temporary, but the reward is eternal. We can want what we want while sanctifying the wait.

MOVING FORWARD: Take the long way home today.

PRAY for the Diocese of Maine (The Episcopal Church)

Ps 137:1-6(7-9), 144 * 104 | Ruth 4:1-17 | 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:10 | Matthew 6:1-6

(Source: Forward Day By Day Movement)