May 30, 2010

Things Too Wonderful

I. Readings
Psalms 103, 150, 117, 139
Job 38:1-11, 42:1-5
Revelation 19:4-16
John 1:29-34

II. Selections
Psalm 103:13-14
As a father has compassion for his children,
      so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
For he knows how we were made;
      he remembers that we are dust.

Job 42:3b
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
      things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Revelation 19:7-8
“…Let us rejoice and exult
      and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
      and his bride has made herself ready;
to her it has been granted to be clothed
      with fine linen, bright and pure”—
      for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.

John 1:31
“…I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” [John the Baptizer, when he saw Jesus approaching]

III. Meditation

Like Job, we do not understand what we say;
like John the Baptizer, may we act upon the
little we know, however limited it may be.

We are made of dust;
have compassion on us.

May the righteous deeds of the saints
who came before us clothe us in linen as
we rejoice and exult and give you the glory.