Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times

THIRTY-SECOND DAY OF LENT 
                     MARCH 25
  
 Psalm 118: 22-23 
 
 
The stone that the builders have rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
 
Spurned.
Rejected.
Judged to be fatally flawed,
Unfit for service,
Dangerous.
 
Upending all human concepts,
The Divine Architect picked up that stone,
And clarified the grand design.
 
Here is the cornerstone,
The first stone set in the foundation,
The stone that sets the frame of reference,
For all other stones.
 
Here, in the person of Jesus,
Are the qualities I seek:
Compassion that runs deep,
Love poured out for friends and for enemies,
Open arms to embrace and redeem the world,
Bringing all people
Closer to Me.
 
Here is life worth living,
Here is death worth dying,
Here is the rock,
The chip off the Old
[Very old, read "Eternal"]
Block.
 
The stone that the builders have rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone
In the blueprint for
The New Creation.
 
This is the Holy One’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.

 
 
Psalm from Redemption Songs-A 21st Century Descant on the Psalms 
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