[From 2013 archive]
God, your word can be fire,
or a hammer that breaks rocks;
and your hand can be heavy upon us.
Christ calls us to life by losing it for
his sake,
and to freedom by becoming a slave to
all.
But if we are willing, the fire purifies;
the hammer cracks open hard hearts;
and your hand will lead and protect,
if only we learn what it means to
serve you and truly be free.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42;
32
Jer. 23:16-32
1 Cor. 9:19-27
Mark 8:31-9:1
Selected Verses
Ps. 32:4
For day and
night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Jer. 23:29
Is not my word like fire, says the LORD, and like a hammer
that breaks a rock in pieces?
1 Cor. 9:19
For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself
a slave to all, so that I might win more of them.
Mark 8:35
"…For those who want to save their life will lose it,
and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will
save it. …" [Jesus to his disciples and to the crowd]
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