O God, you have set
boundaries on the highest heavens,
limitations on all
the things you have created,
but there seem to be no
limits on the signs and wonders
that demonstrate your
love for us. Jesus wept
over his love for Lazarus,
and freed him from his bonds.
The tale of Job
reminds us that there is another
side to the story;
the world is full of suffering--much we
bring upon ourselves,
but the innocent suffer, too.
I believe that as
Jesus wept for Lazarus and
for those who grieved
over him, so you weep for
the suffering in our
world.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
Job 29:1, 31:24-40
Acts 15:12-21
John 11:30-44
Selected Verses
Ps. 148:4, 6
Praise [the LORD], you highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens!
and you waters above the heavens!
He established them forever and ever;
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
Job 31:29-30
"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook them--I have not let my mouth sin by asking for
their lives with a curse…" [Job, defending himself against his "comforters"]
Acts 15:12
The whole assembly kept silence, and listened to Barnabas
and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through
them among the Gentiles.
John 11:35-36
Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, "See how he loved
him!"
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