Not a God of Wickedness--April 8, 2020

You do not delight in wickedness, dear God,

but I could never view you as enemy;

evil does not sojourn with you,

but you do not destroy us.

Destruction is upon us now,

of that there is no denying,

but I believe it fills you 

with pain and distress

and anguish of heart.

We will yet experience your abundant love,

and it will be amazing in our eyes.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51

Lam. 2:1-9

2 Cor. 1:23-2:11

Mark 12:1-11

Selected Verses

Ps. 5:4

 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
          evil will not sojourn with you.

Lam. 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy;

         he has destroyed Israel;

He has destroyed all its palaces,

         laid in ruins its strongholds,

and multiplied in daughter Judah

         mourning and lamentation.

2 Cor. 2:4

For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Mark 12:1-11

“…Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?”  [Jesus, to his adversaries]