How Do We Find the Way?--Aug. 27, 2015

[From Aug. 29, 2013 archive]

Solomon knew how to identify the true mother;

Paul knew that if the sailors left the ship;

everyone else on board would die.

Jesus knew how to tell his disciples

where they could find a room for Passover.

But for us, discernment does not come so easily.

We will lift up our soul to you in the morning,

O God; let us hear of your steadfast love,

and teach us the way we should go,

for in you we will put our trust.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116

1 Kings 3:16-28

Acts 27:27-44

Mark 14:12-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 143:8

Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
          for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
          for to you I lift up my soul.

1 Kings 3:27

Then the king responded: "Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother."

Acts 27:31

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."

Mark 14:13-14

So [Jesus] sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’…"