[Modified from July 19 archive]
Now that I am out
of my self-imposed
prison,
who will surround me,
O God?
Madmen, pretending to
be?
Preachers with words
of exhortation?
Apostles sent out to
proclaim your message?
Let me find the
company of the righteous--
oh, not exclusively,
not every day--
but when I need
renewal.
Other days, into the
world,
and you surround me
for my company.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
1 Sam. 21:1-15
Acts 13:13-25
Mark 3:7-19a
Selected Verses
Ps. 142:7
Bring me out of prison,
so that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for you will deal bountifully with me.
so that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for you will deal bountifully with me.
1 Sam. 21:14-15
Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad;
why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have
brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
Acts 13:15
After the reading of the law and the prophets, the officials
of the synagogue sent [Paul and his companions] a message, saying, “Brothers,
if you have any word of exhortation for the people, give it.”
Mark 3:13-14
[Jesus] went up the mountain and called to him those whom he
wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named
apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message…
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