Isaiah 55.10-12a (NRSV)
For as the rain and the snow come
down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the
eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to
me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the
thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in
peace.
Wayne Dyer:
“How people treat you is their
karma; how you react is yours.”
Luke 13:1-9 (NRSV)
1At that very time there were some present who told him about
the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2He
asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way
they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? 3No, I tell you;
but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. 4Or those
eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them — do you think
that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5No,
I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.”
6Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7So
he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for
fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be
wasting the soil?’ 8He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more
year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. 9If it bears
fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
Sunday at 6: Psalm 63.1 (NRSV)
1O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my
flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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