Tag: new wineskin

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins. (Mark 2:22–23)

Father, is it possible that I could be as brittle as that old wineskin? So brittle that I would burst should you try to pour the wine of your Spirit into me in order to touch others?

Brittle because I lack your compassion and mercy for the hurting? (5, 17)

Brittle because I’m too busy judging those around me? (15-16)

Brittle because I’m too often comparing my “spirituality” to that of others? (18)

Father, change me into a new wineskin that you can freely pour your wine into. I don’t want anything you pour to be wasted.