March 04, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 32, 42, 84
Jeremiah 1:1-10
1 Corinthians 3:11-23
Mark 3:31-4:9

II. Selections
Psalm 84:10
For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than live in the tents of wickedness.

Jeremiah 1:7
But the LORD said to me,
"Do not say, 'I am only a boy';
for you shall go to all to whom I will send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you ... "

1 Corinthians 3:19a
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.

Mark 3:34
And looking at those who sat around him, [ Jesus] said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! ... "

III. Meditation: Wisdom to us, foolishness to you

You turn things upside down, inside out-
� The wisdom of the world is foolishness to you.
� Jesus called strangers at his feet his mother and brothers.
� Better to be in your courts one day than a thousand elsewhere.
� Better a doorkeeper in your house than to live in the tents of wickedness.
� For your spokesperson, you send out one who refers to himself as "only a boy."