Bit and Bridle, like Horse or Mule?--Oct. 16, 2015

Lord Jesus, you instruct us

and teach us the way we should go--

your Good News has been proclaimed to us--

but like a horse or mule we have not listened to you.

Must you curb our temper with bit and bridle

before we develop understanding?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 130; 148; 32; 139

Jer. 38:14-28

1 Cor. 15:1-11

Matt. 11:1-6

Selected Verses

Ps. 32:8-9

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
          I will counsel you with my eye upon you. 

 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
          whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
          else it will not stay near you.

Jer. 38:15

Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, you will put me to death, will you not?  And if I give you advice, you will not listen to me."

1 Cor. 15:1

Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand…

Matt. 11:1

Now when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their cities.