{"id":3642,"date":"2024-03-01T06:47:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:47:35","slug":"lent-alphabet-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3642","title":{"rendered":"Lent Alphabet (M)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brought-us-out-of-Egypt-with-mighty-hand-and-outstretched-arm-with-great-terror-and-with-signs-and-wonders.-9-He-brought-us-here-and-has-given-us-this-country-a-country-flowing-with-milk-and-ho.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/brought-us-out-of-Egypt-with-mighty-hand-and-outstretched-arm-with-great-terror-and-with-signs-and-wonders.-9-He-brought-us-here-and-has-given-us-this-country-a-country-flowing-with-milk-and-ho-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3643\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MILK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and has given us this country, a country flowing with MILK and honey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References to a land &#8216;flowing with milk and honey&#8217; appear 20 times in the Old Testament. It&#8217;s an easily recognised shorthand for both the guarantee and quality of God&#8217;s provision. The writers of Deuteronomy put this speech on the lips of Moses just before the people enter the Promised Land. It functions as encouragement to the Israelites whose path hasn&#8217;t been easy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From our vantage point we can hear the phrase as a metaphor or as the promise of actual foodstuffs that would be available to the Israelites. In order for a land to flow with milk you need good pasture and healthy livestock and for an abundant supply of honey you need healthy and varied plant life and bees. If you have a guarantee of these then your physical needs will be more than well met. I love this shorthand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s always heartening to me that this promise of physical nourishment is given as an encouragement. One of the things that I have learnt in the monastery is the importance of balancing physical and spiritual nourishment. Looking forward to something nice and enjoying it when it comes is every bit as important as the cycle of prayer. God provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How has God provided you with &#8216;milk and honey&#8217; this Lent?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Deuteronomy 26:4-10, First Sunday of Lent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILK The Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders. He brought us here and has given us this country, a country flowing with MILK and honey. References to a land &#8216;flowing with milk and honey&#8217; appear 20 times in the Old Testament. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3642\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lent Alphabet (M)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3642\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}