November 08, 2006

I. Readings
Psalms 1, 33, 89:1-18
Zephaniah 2:1-15
Revelation 16:1-11
Luke 13:10-17

II. Selections
Psalm 33:22
Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.

Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land,
who do his commands;
seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the LORD's wrath.

Revelation 16:1
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."

Luke 13:16
" ...And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?"

III. Meditation: Bowls of wrath

When we consider the troubles in today's world-
war and torture, famine and disease,
hatred and oppression, poverty and ignorance-
we wonder how many bowls of wrath
you already have poured upon us?

Set us free from our self-created bondage,
that we may seek righteousness and humility.
Set us free to seek you and do your commands.
Let your steadfast love be upon us,
even as we hope in you.