I. Readings
Psalms 23, 66, 108
2 Kings 17:1-18
Acts 9:36-43
Luke 5:1-11
II. Selections
Psalm 108:12
O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
2 Kings 17: 18
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah alone.
Acts 9:36
Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and to acts of charity.
Luke 5:8
But when Simon Peter saw [ the catch of fish], he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"
III. Meditation: Did Israel deserve it?
Granted that you had good reason to be angry at Israel,
for repeatedly you had warned them, yet they persisted.
Still we wonder, was there no one in the whole population
worthy of being saved? No one like Dorcas, devoted to
good works and to acts of charity? Perhaps a Peter-
rough, but with potential? It frightens us to think
what might happen to us should you abandon us:
for without you, human help is worthless.
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