[From May 28, 2008 archive]
As the crucible tests
silver and the furnace tests gold,
you test the heart, O
God.
We ponder as we
worship, ponder why we are tested,
ponder your steadfast
love.
How do they fit
together—your testing and your love?
It presents a great mystery.
And still a greater
mystery—Christ was revealed in flesh
and finally taken up
in glory.
We ponder the latter
mystery and understand the test to be:
Can we do your will
in love?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Prov. 17:1-20
1 Tim. 3:1-16
Matt. 12:43-50
Selected Verses
Ps. 48:9
We ponder your steadfast love, O God,
in the
midst of your temple.
Prov. 17:3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
but the
LORD tests the heart.
1 Tim. 3:16
Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:
He was
revealed in flesh,
vindicated
in spirit,
seen by
angels,
proclaimed
among Gentiles,
believed in
throughout the world,
taken up in
glory.
Matt. 12:50
“…For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my
brother and sister and mother.”
[Jesus, to the one who had told him his
mother and brothers were waiting to see him]
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