Readings for 4th Sunday in Lent, 3/30/14: 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41 1 Samuel 16:1-13: This is a classic story of God calling an unexpected person. David seems to be the last choice of all the brothers - except to God. "how long will you grieve?" God asks Samuel. Sometimes we can get bogged down in bad decisions, plans gone wrong, etc., that distract us from following God. God says - Get on with it. There are other plans. Other ways I can work. You just have to keep moving, keep being open to God's creativity. "for the Lord does not see as mortals see" - THANK GOD for that!!! God sees insides, not outsides. God sees potential, not past. Psalm 23: Ah, perhaps the one passage of scripture that most people, regardless of their usual preference of translation, prefer to hear in the poetry of the King James version, myself included. Just a part of our identity as people of faith. "I shall not want." Hmm. I think we
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