Peace or Disorder?--Oct. 17, 2019

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Your judgments, O God,

are like the great deep;

you save humans and animals alike.

You are a God of peace, not of disorder,

but when humans treat others like animals,

throwing them down, leaving them to die,

surely there is a time for disorder

in order to restore peace.  

Teach us when.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27

Jer. 38:1-13

1 Cor. 14:26-40

Matt. 10:34-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
          your judgments are like the great deep;
          you save humans and animals alike, O LORD.

Jer. 38:8-9

So Ebed-melech left the king’s house and spoke to the king, “My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.” 

1 Cor. 14:33

…for God is a God not of disorder but of peace.

Matt. 10:34-42

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.  …”  [Jesus, to the twelve disciples]