Today’s Reflection
Yet temptations, though troublesome and severe, are often useful to us, for in them we are humbled, purified, and instructed. The saints all passed through many temptations and trials and profited by them.
—Thomas À Kempis, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Thomas À Kempis (Upper Room Books, 2017)
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Today’s Question
Have your temptations ever taught you anything important? What have you learned? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
“Do not human beings have a hard service on earth,
and are not their days like the days of a laborer?”
—Job 7:1 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, you are selfless to the core. Your love for others transcends all bounds. Give me just a portion of your selflessness, and I will be made anew. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Exodus 16:2-15
- Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45
- Philippians 1:21-30
- Matthew 20:1-16
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