[From July 30, 2011
archive]
You are our Creator;
you have made all nations to inhabit the
earth,
allotting their times and their
boundaries.
You are not far from us, and you want
us to search for you and find you.
But what kind of God shall we expect to
find?
A God to be afraid of, who at the
slightest provocation
might burst forth upon us and destroy us?
No, you are a God of compassion,
eager to feed us, as Jesus fed the
multitude.
You invite us to make a joyful noise
before you;
you call us to worship you with gladness
and come into your presence with singing.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149;
100; 63
2 Sam. 5:22-6:11
Acts 17:16-34
Mark 8:1-10
Selected Verses
Ps. 100:1-2
Make a joyful
noise to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship
the LORD with gladness;
come into his presence with singing.
come into his presence with singing.
2 Sam. 6:8-9
David was angry
because the LORD had burst forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; so that place is
called Perez-uzzah to this day. David
was afraid of the LORD that day; he said, "How can the ark of the LORD
come into my care?"
Acts 17:26-27
"…From one
ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the
times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would
live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find
him--though indeed he is not far from each one of us. …"
Mark 8:1-2
In those days
when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, [Jesus] called his
disciples and said to them, "I have compassion for the crowd, because they
have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. …"
[Paul to the Athenians]
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