April 10, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 6, 119:73-80, 121
Lamentations 1:1-2, 6-12
2 Corinthians 1:1-7
Mark 11:12-25

II. Selections
Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right,
and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.

Lamentations 1:7a
Jerusalem remembers,
in the days of her affliction and wandering,
all the precious things
that were hers in days of old.

2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.

Mark 11:18
And when the chief priests and the scribes heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill him; for they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching.

III. Meditation: Abundant for all
Some were afraid of you,
wanted to kill you;
some crowded closer,
spellbound by your words;
but your sufferings are abundant for all,
as is your consolation.

We need consolation;
for we remember
in the days of our affliction
and in our wandering,
all the precious things
that were ours in days of old.

We know, O God,
that your judgments are right,
and that in faithfulness
you have humbled us-
but remind us of your sufferings
and of your consolation.