The heavens are
yours, O God, but
you have given us the
earth,
and we can do with it
as we please.
True, there are
strings attached
to keep us from
destroying ourselves,
but they are only
cords of love,
and you will permit
us to break them.
When the days drew
near for
Jesus to be taken up,
he was bound
by these cords, but
he did not
break them. Instead he set his face
to go to
Jerusalem--and went.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 145; 124; 115
Ezek. 4:1-17
Heb. 6:1-12
Luke 9:51-62
Selected Verses
Ps. 115:16
The heavens are the LORD’s
heavens,
but the earth he has given to human beings.
but the earth he has given to human beings.
Ezek. 4:8
See, I am putting cords on you so that you cannot turn from
one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. [The LORD to Ezekiel]
Heb. 6:13
And we will do this, if God permits.
Luke 9:51
When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set
his face to go to Jerusalem.
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