June 05, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 47, 57, 85
Ecclesiastes 2:1-15
Galatians 1:1-17
Matthew 13:44-52

II. Selections
Psalm 57:10
For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens;
your faithfulness extends to the clouds.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-15
Then I considered all that my hands had done, and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again all was vanity and chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Galatians 1:12
...for I did not receive [ the gospel] from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

III. Meditation: Our treasure
Our treasure is not made
by our hands or by the toil we spend,
for this is but vanity and chasing after wind.

Our treasure does not come
from a human source, but from your steadfast love,
which is as high as the heaven,
and from your faithfulness,
which extends to the clouds.

Our treasure comes from you,
and when we find it, nothing else we possess
can match its value.