October 27, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 6, 20, 88
Micah 6:1-8
Revelation 9:13-21
Luke 10:38-42

II. Selections
Psalm 6:2
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.

Micah 6:3
"O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me! ... " [ The LORD to Israel]

Revelation 9:20-21
The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their fornication or their thefts.

Luke 10:40
But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me."

III. Meditation: Do you not care?

Lord, do you not care? ;
Do you not care that we are weary of our work,
languishing in our living, fearful of our future?
How long will you ignore us?

You answer with questions of your own:
"What have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you?
What will it take to make you repent?"