[From Aug. 22, 2006 archive]
The world is full of
suffering,
people whose eyes
look to you,
until you have mercy
upon them.
And the world is full
of brutal people,
people who suppose
you support them
as they attack the
innocent and unsuspecting.
It is not new, this
persecution by the self-righteous,
who view it their
God-appointed privilege to eradicate
all who differ from
them and then to appropriate their land.
It is not new,
not to have
your love in us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86
Judg. 18:1-15
Acts 8:1-13
John 5:30-47
Selected Verses
Ps. 123:2
As the eyes of servants
look to the
hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand
of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
until he
has mercy upon us.
Judg. 18:10
“…When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is broad—God has indeed given it
into your hands—a place where there is no lack of anything on earth.” [Five spies report about Laish to the Danite
tribe, urging its capture.]
Acts 8:1b
That day a severe persecution began against the church in
Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the
countryside of Judea and Samaria.
John 5:42
“…But I know that you do not have the love of God in
you. …
” [Jesus, to the authorities]
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