The Crumbs under My Table--Feb. 2, 2015

In silence I wait alone for you, O God,

for from you comes my salvation.

Yet I am not alone.  I hear voices

of your other children; I hear of

things that have befallen them:

devastation and destruction,

famine and terrible war.

I do not want to hear

their voices, just

to be alone to

enjoy my

salvation.

But who will

grieve for them?

Do they not deserve

at least the crumbs that

fall down under my table?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9

Isa. 51:17-23

Gal. 4:1-11

Mark 7:24-37

Selected Verses

Ps. 62:1

For God alone my soul waits in silence;
          from him comes my salvation. 

Isa. 51:19

These two things have befallen you
          --who will grieve with you?--
devastation and destruction, famine and sword--
          who will comfort you? 

Gal. 4:6

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 

Mark 7:27-28

[Jesus] said to [the Syrophoenician mother], “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”  But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”