Day Two - Lenten 2010

February 18, 2010

Scripture Text: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

Christ and Judas In “Last Supper”: When Leonardo da Vinci was painting his masterpiece The Last Supper, he sought long for a model for his Christ. At last he located a chorister in one of the churches of Rome who was lovely in life and features, a young man named Pietro Bandinelli. Years passed, and the painting was still unfinished. All the disciples had been portrayed save one—Judas Iscariot. Now he started to find a man whose face was hardened and distorted by sin—and at last he found a beggar on the streets of Rome with a face so villainous, he shuddered when he looked at him. He hired the man to sit for him as he painted the face of Judas on his canvas. When he was about to dismiss the man, he said, “I have not yet found out your name.” “I am Pietro Bandinelli,” he replied, “I also sat for you as your model of Christ.” —Indian Christian

Meditation: Who am I? What is my image look like? Am I sometime look like Jesus and sometime Judah? Always look like Jesus or always look like Judah? It depends on how close or how far I am away from Jesus.

Prayer for today: Dear Father, help me to walk closely with Your Son Jesus Christ so that I will be like Him, and will think the way He thinks, will speak the way He speaks, will do the way He does, and will love the way He loves. Amen.