Reflections:Week Two Of Lent
Monday Week TwoDaniel 9:4-10Luke 6:36-38
The Compassion Of God
Joseph Girzone, the popular author, tells the following story in his parable Joshua And The Children.1 Over a hundred years ago in France, a butler attached to a wealthy family knew where the family kept all their money, hidden in a vault underneath their chateau. The butler methodically plotted to kill everyone in the family and steal the money. One night when everyone was asleep, he crept into the house and first murdered the father and mother. Then one by one he began to murder the children. The youngest escaped because he heard noises and could not sleep. When he realized what was happening he quietly slipped out of his bedroom and hid in a closet under a pile of clothes.
For years the boy wander…