Not on Tablets of Stone--April 6, 2022

[From April 1, 2020 archive]

 

Spirit of the Living God, 

write your words for us,

not on tablets of stone,

not with ink on paper, 

but on our hearts. 

 

Our hard hearts, soften; 

make them receptive, 

contrite, and pliant—

yearning to embrace 

your gracious will. 

 

Lectionary Readings

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

Exod. 7:8-24

2 Cor. 2:14-3:6

Mark 10:1-16

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 51:17

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
          a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

 

Exod. 7:22b-23

…so Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.  Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

 

2 Cor. 3:3

…and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

 

Mark 10:5

But Jesus said to [his antagonists], “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.  …”