Pits We Dig--Sept. 3, 2019

[From Aug. 30, 2011 archive]

Peter dug a pit, dug it deeper, dug it deeper still;

the cock crowed, and into his own pit he fell.

We wonder why you have made a heap of ruins;

we are the ones--made it digging our pits.

A hungry one is naked; we give him our blessing,

but no food or clothing.  Who falls into the pit?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 12; 146; 36; 7

1 Kings 8:65-9:9

James 2:14-26

Mark 14:66-72

Selected Verses

Ps. 7:15

They make a pit, digging it out,
          and fall into the hole that they have made.

1 Kings 9:8

"…This house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished, and will hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this house?’  …"

James 2:15-16

If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that?

Mark 14:72

At that moment the cock crowed for the second time.  Then Peter remembered that Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.”  And he broke down and wept.