Today is Friday the 11th of March, in the first week of Lent.
Jessica Fox, with the Porter's Gate sings, 'All of Your Ways Are Peace'.

Today's reading is from the Prophet Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 18:21-28
But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die. None of the transgressions that they have committed shall be remembered against them; for the righteousness that they have done they shall live. Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord GOD, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live? But when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is unfair.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair? When the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity, they shall die for it; for the iniquity that they have committed they shall die. Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life. Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.

"The way of the Lord is unfair". Have you often found yourself thinking that? Do you think it's true?
In the 6th century BC, the exiled people of Israel were complaining about God's unfairness; but Ezekiel simply says that if we turn away from sin, then we shall live and not die. Does that answer the question? Or is it not as simple as that? Talk to God about what you noticing coming up for you here.

Now listen as the passage is read again, and ask "What is God doing today in my life and in the life of the community?"

Finally, try to get in touch with the thoughts and feelings that are going on inside you. Can you turn them now into a prayer?

You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
Give me only your love and your grace,
that is enough for me.