I. Readings
Psalms 22, 105, 130
Genesis 43:1-15
1 Corinthians 7:1-9
Mark 4:35-41
II. Selections
Psalm 130:4
But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.
Genesis 43:4-5
" ...If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food; but if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'" [ Judah to Jacob]
1 Corinthians 7:7b
But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.
Mark 4:40
[ Jesus] said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?"
III. Meditation: The gift we need
Each of us has a particular gift from you,
one having one kind
and another a different kind.
Sometimes we need a gift we have not received.
Jacob was confronted with a bitter choice:
lose Benjamin to Egypt,
or himself and his family to famine.
Jacob was afraid; he needed the gift of faith.
There is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.
The gift we all need from you
is your forgiving, accepting love.
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