Take Heart, Get Up--March 19, 2016

[From March 31, 2012 archive]

When our life is crushed to the ground,

and we sit in darkness like those long dead;

when the darkness is a darkness that can be felt;

then even though our outer nature is wasting away,

daily renew our inner nature; and we will not lose heart.

Call us, as you called Bartimaeus, and we will come to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43:149; 31; 143

Exod. 10:21-11:8

2 Cor. 4:13-18

Mark 10:46-52

Selected Verses

Ps. 143:3

For the enemy has pursued me,
          crushing my life to the ground,
          making me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Exod. 10:21

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt."

2 Cor. 4:16  

So we do not lose heart.  Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

Mark 10:49

Jesus stood still and said, "Call him here."  And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; get up, he is calling you."