Out of the Depths, O God--July 24, 2015

Out of the depths we cry to you, O God.

We listen in silence to what you have done--

all the signs and wonders--and cry out in praise.

We cry out in pain as we honor lost leaders,

cry out in despair to mourn a lost child.

Out of the depths, cry to you, God.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

1 Sam. 31:1-13

Acts 15:12-21

Mark 5:21-43

Selected Verses

Ps. 130:1

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. 

1 Sam. 31:12-13

…all the valiant men set out, traveled all night long, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. They came to Jabesh and burned them there.   Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.

Acts 15:12

The whole assembly kept silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles. 

Mark 5:38-39

When [Jesus, Peter, James, and John] came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, [Jesus] saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.  When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.”