[From Jan. 22, 2008 archive]
Take from us the
hubris that makes us think we are
a strong mountain, that
we have no need of you.
If you have delivered
all creatures into our hand,
surely it is so we
may protect, not destroy them.
For we are like
creatures in your hand; and you sent
us your Son, that we
might be saved, not condemned.
As Jesus learned
obedience through what he suffered,
even in pain and
sorrow help us learn humbly to obey.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86
Gen. 9:1-17
Heb. 5:7-14
John 3:16-21
Selected Verses
Ps. 30:7
By
your favor, O LORD,
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
Gen. 9:2
"…The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal
of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the
ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. …"
[God to Noah and his sons]
Heb. 5:8
Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he
suffered…
John 3:17
"…Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn
the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. …" [Jesus to Nicodemus]
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