Dear Reader: This post is formatted differently from past reflections – a format I began on November 23, 2012 to facilitate a season of listening. The explanation for the seasonal change is found here, in the November 23 post.
Lectionary Readings: AM Psalm [120], 121, 122, 123; PM Psalm 124, 125, 126, [127]
Zech. 11:4-17; 1 Cor. 3:10-23; Luke 18:31-43
The Holy Spirit paused me at these verses from the readings while listening to this from Amy Grant’s Christmas album, A Christmas to Remember.
Psalm 122: 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
‘May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
and security within your towers.’Zechariah 11: 14Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.
Luke 18: 43Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God
and this from 1 Corinthians 3