meditatio at the water's edge

So here is what I will be using (more or less) tomorrow night... click here to read it.

If that's too much work for you, here's an excerpt...
"I think one of the biggest keys to “going beyond the goodness of the scribes and Pharisees” is to engage with other people in creative, selfless, and love-filled ways.

"If a person has a particular problem with improper thoughts toward a co-worker of the opposite sex, it will not accomplish anything by quitting the job. In some cases, it may certainly be necessary, but there is a deeper issue than mere social proximity. There is something wrong with that person’s soul.

"There are those in the history of the church who went through their lives taking great effort to never look at a woman—even their own mothers and sisters. But such things do nothing to eliminate the wickedness in one’s heart…only the opportunity to act.

"We must, therefore, change the way we see people and relate to them.

"For us to have the goodness of the kingdom heart means that we look at the people around us, especially strangers and even the images of people we see, not as objects to be used in some way for our ‘fulfillment’, but as human beings...as image bearers of God."