I. Readings
Psalms 1, 33, 89:1-18
Job 29:1, 30:1-2, 16-31
Acts 14:19-28
John 11:1-16
II. Selections
Psalm 89:14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
Job 30:25-26
" ...Did I not weep for those whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
But when I looked for good, evil came;
and when I waited for light, darkness came. ... " [ Job to God]
Acts 14:22
There [ in Antioch] [ Paul and Barnabas] strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God."
John 11:16
Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
III. Meditation: That we may die with him
O God of righteousness and justice, of steadfast love and faithfulness:
If we have wept for those whose day was hard,
if for the poor our souls were grieved,
then is it right, that when we look for good, comes evil;
or just, that when we wait for light, comes darkness?
The question is not easy, nor can we answer lightly,
but Paul said entrance to your kingdom
was through many persecutions ...
so must we also go with Christ,
that we may die with him?
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