Second Day

Jonah 3.10-4.3

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10 God saw their efforts to renounce their evil behavior . And God relented by not inflicting on them the disaster that threatened them.

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But Jonah grew indignant and fell into a rage. 2 He prayed to YHWH and said, "Please, YHWH! Isn't this exactly what I said would happen, when I was still in my own country? That's why I left and fled to Tarshish: I knew that you were a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness, relenting from violence. 3 Now, YHWH, please take my life! I'd rather be dead than keep on living!"

“This Morning I Pray for My Enemies”

by Joy Harjo (b. 1951)

found in Conflict Resolutions for Holy Beings (WW Norton, 2015)

And whom do I call my enemy?

An enemy must be worthy of engagement.

I turn in the direction of the sun and keep walking.

It's the heart that asks the question, not my furious mind.

The heart is the smaller cousin of the sun.

It sees and knows everything.

It hears the gnashing even as it hears the blessing.

The door to the mind should only open from the heart.

An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.

Today’s Art Practice

What You’ll Need

From Your Home:

• a space where you can explore freely (this could be inside or outside)

From Your Envelope:

• Finger Labyrinth Pattern

*This is the first step of a large project. We will come back to it from time to time over the course of Lent. By the end you will have created and decorated a Finger Labyrinth for your home.

Directions: The first step is about the journey and the discovery.

Spend at least 20 minutes wandering in a familiar place (maybe this is your bedroom, garage, basement, back yard, a favorite park). Notice the things you typically look past; what do you see?

As you wander, find something that you can take with you that will serve a base that you can glue the Labyrinth Pattern onto.

This playlist can help you keep track of time. Once it is stops playing, 20 minutes will be over at that point you can choose to continue wandering or move on to something new.

Let’s Pray…

Psalm 107 Prayer

by Chris Altrock

Lord, I have listened to the stories of your legendary deeds:

Some wandered in wastelands lost and lonely.

They sought you and you saved them.

Some despaired in darkness imprisoned and isolated.

They sought you and you saved them.

Some sailed the sea and were stranded in its storms.

They sought you and you saved them.

Some subsisted in sin, conceited and contemptible.

eventually they sought you and you saved them.

Like those in your Book,

at times I am lost, imprisoned, stranded or contemptible.

Like those in your Book,

may you save me when I seek you.