What to Remember--Jan. 23, 2022

[From Jan. 24, 2010 archive; 

adapted from my Jan. 27, 2002 journal]

 

Abram was rich in silver and gold and livestock,

but that is not why we remember Abram.

Jesus was not rich in things of this world,

but we remember that he did everything well.

 

Peter, James, and John asked only one thing of Paul—

that he and the gentile Christians remember the poor.

They must have learned this emphasis from Jesus. 

The earth has yielded its increase for us.

Let us remember the poor also.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Gen. 13:2-18

Gal. 2:1-10

Mark 7:31-37

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 67:6

The earth has yielded its increase; 
          God, our God, has blessed us.

 

Gen. 13:2

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

 

Gal. 2:10

[James, Cephas, and John] asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

 

Mark 7:37

[Those who had witnessed the healing of the deaf man] were astounded beyond measure, saying, “[Jesus] has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”