March 27, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 25, 34, 91
Jeremiah 25:8-17
Romans 10:1-13
John 9:18-41

II. Selections
Psalm 25:15
My eyes are ever toward the LORD,
for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Jeremiah 25:10
And I will banish from [ this land and all the nations around] the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

Romans 10:1
Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire for [ the people of Israel] is that they may be saved.

John 9:41
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains. ... "

III. Meditation: Pluck our feet out of the net.

When the sound of mirth and
the sound of gladness are gone,
and the millstones are silenced,
and the lamps are extinguished,
we turn our eyes toward you
to pluck our feet out of the net.

When in our spiritual blindness,
arrogantly we suppose we see,
pluck our feet out of the net.
Let our heart's desire be that
others will come to know you
and that we may know you, too.