April 09, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84
Zechariah 9:9-12
1 Timothy 6:12-16
Luke 19:41-48

II. Selections
Psalm 42:1
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.

Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.

1 Timothy 6:16
It is [ God] alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Luke 19:41-42
As [ Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace. But now they are hidden from your eyes. ... "

III. Meditation: Hidden from our eyes
You alone have immortality
and dwell in unapproachable light,
whom no one has ever seen or can see;
to you be honor and eternal dominion.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
We are prisoners who must return
to you, our Stronghold.
Our only hope is that you
will restore us to your presence.

The things that make for peace
are hidden from our eyes;
we do not recognize them.
Surely you must weep over our land.