November 08, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 16, 62, 97
Zechariah 1:7-17
Revelation 14:1-13
Matthew 14:1-12

II. Selections
Psalm 62:1
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.

Zechariah 1:10
So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, "[ The horses standing among the myrtle trees] are those whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth."

Revelation 14:2-3a
And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps, and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders.

Matthew 14:1-2
At that time Herod the ruler heard reports about Jesus; and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him."

III. Meditation: Waiting in silence

When for you alone their souls waited in silence,
one saw horses standing among the myrtle trees,
and one heard a voice from heaven like the sound
of many waters and like loud thunder and even
like the sound of harpists playing on their harps
before your throne, singing a new song of praise.

But Herod sat in silence, brooding upon his sin,
and the silence brought him troubling thoughts.