Things are seldom as they seem.
Neighbors speak peace with neighbors
while plotting mischief in their hearts.
Solomon swears to honor any request
his mother might make, then flies into a
vengeful rage when she expresses one.
King Agrippa and Festus agree on
Paul's innocence, but then they ship him
off to Rome for trial and execution.
We think ourselves masters of the house
and enjoy our own privileged ways in it,
when suddenly the real master appears.
All this should not make us paranoid;
neither is there reason to be
smug and self-satisfied.
Neighbors speak peace with neighbors
while plotting mischief in their hearts.
Solomon swears to honor any request
his mother might make, then flies into a
vengeful rage when she expresses one.
King Agrippa and Festus agree on
Paul's innocence, but then they ship him
off to Rome for trial and execution.
We think ourselves masters of the house
and enjoy our own privileged ways in it,
when suddenly the real master appears.
All this should not make us paranoid;
neither is there reason to be
smug and self-satisfied.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
1 Kings 1:32-2:46
Acts 26:24-27:8
Mark 13:28-37
Selected Verses
Ps. 28:3
Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with those who are workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors,
while mischief is in their hearts.
1 Kings 2:20
Then Bathsheba said, "I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me." And the king [Solomon] said to her, "Make your request, my mother; for I will not refuse you."
Acts 26:32
Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to the emperor."
Mark 13:35-37
"…Therefore, keep awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake." [Jesus to Peter, James, John, and Andrew]
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