Lent 2009: Day 21

Lenten Journey through the Spiritual Alphabet
Psalm 119, Sustainable Love

Kaph (Part 1)

My soul longs for your salvation;
I put my hope in your word.
My eyes long to see your promise.
When will you comfort me?
I am like a wineskin shriveled by smoke,
but I have not forgotten your laws.
How long can your servant survive?
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And Jesus raised his eyes and said,

"Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me."

And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice,

"Lazarus, come out!"

The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them,

"Untie him and let him go."

(excerpt from John 11)