from Celtic Daily Prayers:
Scriptures: Psalm 32:5, Micah 7:8-9, Galatians 6:14
The meditation was from Blaise Pascal (which I found interesting in itself)...
"Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because He shows us both God and our own wretchedness. Jesus is a God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair."
Love the tension/balance there. And I wonder if that was at the back of Max Lucado's mind when he wrote this of Peter after his denial and later conversation with Jesus (from "A Gentle Thunder"):
"If Peter had shed tears but not seen the cross, he would have known only despair. Had he seen the cross but shed no tears, he would have known only arrogance. But since he saw both, he knew redemption."
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