We are complainers, O God--
nothing is so clean and perfect
that we do not call it profane.
(Job had reason to complain;
I for one have no excuse.)
Even your steadfast love for us
elicits our criticism. We ask you,
“Why should you care if we sin?”
I believe you care because
sin estranges us from you;
in fact, you care so deeply
that to heal the separation
you gave us Jesus.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Job 6:1, 7:1-21
Acts 10:1-16
John 7:1-13
Selected Verses
Ps. 65:5a
By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
O God of our salvation…
Ps. 147:11
…but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Job 7:20
“…If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you? …”
Acts 10:15
The voice said to [Peter] again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”
John 7:12
And there was considerable complaining about [Jesus] among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”
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