I. Readings
Psalms 5, 27, 51
Genesis 42:18-28
1 Corinthians 5:9-6:11
Mark 4:1-20
II. Selections
Psalm 5:4
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil will not sojourn with you.
Genesis 42:28
[ One of Joseph's brothers] said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in my sack!" At this they lost heart and turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
1 Corinthians 6:7
In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
Mark 4:8
" ...Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
III. Meditation: Surprises?
Joseph's brothers, finding their money returned, lost heart.
Shaking with fear, they blamed you
for what they deemed to be disaster.
We never know what surprises you have in store.
With gracious abandon you scatter your seed,
much of it wasted on poor soil like us;
but some falls into good soil,
which brings forth yields that amaze us.
You are not a God who delights in wickedness,
and evil will not sojourn with you.
Is it a surprise that we are to accept being wronged and defrauded,
if we follow him who for us endured grievous wrong and fraud?
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