Woe to you scholars of the law. You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.
(Luke 11:52)
When I read these words, Lord, I picture a guard standing in the door, preventing anyone from entering. His back is to the room; so he doesn’t even see what is inside. We see it, but cannot get to it.
True knowledge is you, Lord. Please remove whatever obstacles I encounter when I approach you. Never permit me to stand in the way of anyone who is seeking you. Take me out of my own way.
Today, let me listen to my neighbors without judging or contradicting. Let me speak only words of encouragement.