[From May 15, 2014 archive]
Gracious God, we thank you for brothers
and sisters
whom we love in Christ; but we confess
there are
others with whom our bond has been
fractured.
It must heal before we bring our gift to
you.
You made whole Moses' broken tablets;
you will make whole broken relationships.
Failing to reconcile is living in a
parched land;
before we offer you our gifts, may we
offer peace.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147; 68;
113
Exod. 34:1-17
1 Thess. 2:13-20
Matt. 5:21-26
Selected Verses
Ps.
68:6
God gives the desolate a home to
live in;
he
leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but
the rebellious live in a parched land.
Exod.
34:1
The LORD said to Moses, "Cut
two tablets of stone like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the
words that were on the former tablets, which you broke. …"
1
Thess. 2:17
As for us, brothers and sisters,
when, for a short time, we were made orphans by being separated from you--in
person, not in heart--we longed with great eagerness to see you face to
face.
Matt.
5:24
"…So when you are offering your
gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something
against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be
reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. …"
[Jesus to the crowd on the mountain]
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