In Love, Destroy My Enemies?--March 17, 2018

Holy God,

You are who you are.

You know me fully,

better than I know myself,

and only in small part do I know you.

However, I believe in your steadfast love,

and in love you have called us to serve,

so though we may ask for your pity,

and also for your help, never

can I ask you to destroy

all my enemies.

How would that

be serving in love?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Exod. 2:23-3:15

1 Cor. 13:1-13

Mark 9:14-29

Selected Verses

Ps. 43:12

In your steadfast love cut off my enemies,
          and destroy all my adversaries,
          for I am your servant.

Exod. 3:14a

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." 

1 Cor. 13:7, 12b

[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  … Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 

Mark 9:22

"… [The spirit] has often cast [my son] into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us." [The boy's father, to Jesus]