Thursday, March 20
Genesis 42:29-38
Psalms 70, 71, 74
1 Corinthians 6:12-30
Mark 4:21-34
"May all who seek my life be put to shame and confusion; may
all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace." Psalm 70:2
"May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace." Psalm 71:13
When we read the psalms, we think of them as being in the first person, written by us to God. What if we looked at the psalms today from the other side? What if people who we don't like or those we harm are reading these psalms? What about those folks we try to outdo or those folks we talk poorly about? What if they are reading these psalms? How do those verses apply to us? Are we prepared to cast the first stone? Can we have a direct relationship with God while ignoring our relationship with any of His people?
Lent is a time for reflection and sometimes we forget that Jesus died for everyone, for those who believe and those who don't believe. He died for the fellow who cut us off in traffic and the neighbor who puts his trash out early. He died for those who step on us and for those we step on. We get bound up in our beliefs, our righteousness, our way. Perhaps now is the time to look closely at how we behave, what we do both when folks are looking and when they aren't. It's time to adjust our attitude to be more like Jesus and less like our usual daily routine.
Mary DiFiore Crowe
Genesis 42:29-38
Psalms 70, 71, 74
1 Corinthians 6:12-30
Mark 4:21-34
"May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace." Psalm 71:13
When we read the psalms, we think of them as being in the first person, written by us to God. What if we looked at the psalms today from the other side? What if people who we don't like or those we harm are reading these psalms? What about those folks we try to outdo or those folks we talk poorly about? What if they are reading these psalms? How do those verses apply to us? Are we prepared to cast the first stone? Can we have a direct relationship with God while ignoring our relationship with any of His people?
Lent is a time for reflection and sometimes we forget that Jesus died for everyone, for those who believe and those who don't believe. He died for the fellow who cut us off in traffic and the neighbor who puts his trash out early. He died for those who step on us and for those we step on. We get bound up in our beliefs, our righteousness, our way. Perhaps now is the time to look closely at how we behave, what we do both when folks are looking and when they aren't. It's time to adjust our attitude to be more like Jesus and less like our usual daily routine.
Mary DiFiore Crowe