Our Bodies, Temples for your Spirit--Feb. 25, 2016

From heaven you looked at the earth,

you heard the groans of the prisoners,

and you set free those doomed to die.

We are not our own--our bodies are

a gift from you, bought with a price,

temples in which your Spirit dwells.

O God, may our lives be open and honest--

nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed;

nothing is secret that will not come to light.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102

Gen. 42:29-38

1 Cor. 6:12-20

Mark 4:21-34

Selected Verses

Ps. 102:19b-20

            …from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
            to set free those who were doomed to die…

Gen. 42:29-31

When [the brothers] came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land.  But we said to him, 'We are honest men, we are not spies.  …'"

1 Cor. 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?  For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

Mark 4:22

For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except to come to light.