Some Walk Upright, Others Stumble--Oct. 17, 2020

[From Oct. 18, 2014 archive]

 

The builders thought they knew 

which was the right stone 

to use for the corner. 

They did not. 

 

The disciples 

felt they knew who 

were your true followers, 

but like the builders were wrong. 

 

O dear God, your ways are right; 

the upright walk in them, 

but transgressors 

stumble. 

 

Make us wise, 

make us discerning, 

to know and to understand, 

lest we end up with the stumblers. 

 

Lectionary Readings 

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111 

Hosea 14:1-9 

Acts 28:17-31 

Luke 9:37-50 

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 118:22 

The stone that the builders rejected 
          has become the chief cornerstone. 

 

Hosea 14:9 

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them.  For the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. 

 

Acts 28:24 

Some [of the leaders of the Jews in Rome] were convinced by what [Paul] had said, while others refused to believe. 

 

Luke 9:49-50 

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.”  But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.”