October 28, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 63, 100, 122
Micah 7:1-7
Revelation 10:1-11
Luke 11:1-13

II. Selections
Psalm 63:1-2
O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Micah 7:1
Woe is me! For I have become like one who,
after the summer fruit has been gathered,
after the vintage has been gleaned,
finds no cluster to eat;
there is no first-ripe fig for which I hunger.

Revelation 10:9
So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, "Take it, and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth."

Luke 11:11
" ...Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? ... " [ Jesus to his disciples]

III. Meditation: Thirsty and hungry

We seek you, thirst for you,
our flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land.

We have grown disconsolate-
thinking all the good fruit picked,
your word bitter to our stomachs.

But all we have to do is ask.
You will not bait and switch-
no serpent for a fish.