Already Our Boat Is Being Swamped--Jan. 23, 2015

You are God, and there is no other.

You are God of all the ends of the earth,

and you love all its peoples, with no partiality.

The floods are rising, and our earth, the vessel

in which we all ride, is in danger.

A time of distress is coming,

with the rush of mighty waters.

Will it reach the most vulnerable,

the first to be swamped by rising tides?

Should not all the faithful utter prayer for them?

Should we not change our life style,

our dependence on fossil fuels,

that threatens all life?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

Isa. 45:18-25

Eph. 6:1-9

Mark 4:35-41

Selected Verses

Ps. 32:6

Therefore let all who are faithful
          offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters
          shall not reach them. 

Isa. 45:22

Turn to me and be saved,
          all the ends of the earth!
          For I am God, and there is no other. 

Eph. 6:9

And, masters, do the same to [your slaves].  Stop threatening them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and with him there is no partiality.

Mark 4:37

A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.