Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24
Proper 8 (13) - Year B
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 or 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
G*D created us for incorruption. When corruption goes on it is important to not give it undo weight. For instance, David's words about Saul are a generous recognition of G*D's intention for Saul and all.
It is probably true that we all do the best we can with what we think we have. Folks, even miserable folks, are doing the best they can within the options they see. A part of the progressive perspective is to urge one another to glimpse beyond our current state to see how much more we can be, that we not be limited by thought patterns or circumstance.
What is the best you can say about someone else? [No, this is not intended to be empty praise, ritual language, political cover.] To say the best about someone else also allows the best within ourselves to come out.
[ PS you are welcome to fill in the rest of the week's comments as my dearly beloved's father died yesterday and we will be attending to all that means about celebrating a life and attending to legal details. We will have opportunity to practice saying good things about a good man, sometimes more difficult than it would seem. ]
http://www.kairoscomotion.org/lectionary/2006/july2006.html
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
Psalm 130 or Psalm 30
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Mark 5:21-43
"Test your genuine love against the earnestness of others."
"If eagerness is there, your gift is acceptable."
Needs around us have hastened to make themselves known. These are givens in our lives. The options regard our response.
Are we as eager to live alongside a need, taking it to our hearts, as such needs are revealed everywhere they travel? Here is a test worthy of our lives. It is a test that is as communal in nature as it is individual. Encouraging one another to do well, even to share our insights with one another, is acceptable morality in this test.
Question: Where do abundance and need meet?
Response: _______________________
If it helps you may want to also make this an open-book test as well as a communal one.
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sensitive to word and touch
we journey toward a great getting-up day
when and where
our eagerness is sufficient
for earnest need
attentive beyond death
we settle in to days no more
no more mourning
riling to despair
no more no more
holding us back
in moments of generosity
we undertake a beginning desire
little by little
through this year
according to what we have
abundance in need