LENT 2020: Day 26

• Lent 2020: Day 26 Thursday, March 26, 2020:
  Psalm 130; Ezekiel 1:1-3, 2:8-3:3; Revelation 10:1-11

     From the depths I called you, LORD.
          Master, hear my voice.
              May your ears listen close to the voice of my plea.
    …
    I hoped for the LORD, my being hoped,
          and for his word I waited.
    My being for the master —
          more than the dawn-watchers watch for the dawn.
    Wait, O Israel, for the LORD,
          for with the LORD is steadfast kindness,
              and great redemption is with him.

There are those in our city who understand the cries of the Psalmist on a daily basis. Within a mile of our church, and probably even closer to most of our homes, our neighbors hope for the LORD, they hope in their very being, and they wait.

During the good times, though, it can be difficult for the wealthy and privileged — us — to understand such things.

But these are not the good times.

And we are coming to understand what it means to call out to the LORD, to hope for the LORD, to hope in our very being, and to wait.

And it’s not comfortable. We don’t like it.

This virus has disrupted our lives, taking away the control we thought we had, and exposing our vulnerability in new ways.

But many in our city are vulnerable every day, virus or not.

And so may we use this time of quarantine to learn to identify with the routine needs across our city and across our world. And may we speak up and act on behalf of the most vulnerable among us.