October 24, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 28, 54, 99
Micah 3:1-8
Revelation 7:9-17
Luke 10:1-16

II. Selections
Psalm 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with those who are workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors,
while mischief is in their hearts.

Micah 3:5
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who cry "Peace"
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against those
who put nothing into their mouths.
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Revelation 7:14b-c
Then [ the elder] said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ... "

Luke 10:3
" ...Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves ..." [ Jesus to the seventy sent out in pairs]

III. Meditation: How to speak peace

We know how to speak peace
with those who supply our needs,
but not with those who refuse us.

We know how to speak peace
with our neighbors, even while
mischief is in our hearts.

But you would send us out,
like lambs among wolves,
to speak peace where none is.

When you spoke peace,
you paid with blood.
Must we wash in it?