Daily Worship

Fallen Idols

Alec Shuttleworth September 04, 2013 0 0

John 8:1-11 NRSV

while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him.

Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, sir." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again."

Lord God
The news is full of fallen idols
Of feet of clay
Of sin hidden in the darkness of time
being brought into the light

Of foul words
furtively whispered
now being shouted from the rooftops.

As we pray for justice
as we pray for victims
as we pray for honesty

Let us not triumph
nor enjoy the shame of the fallen
Fill our hearts a little with righteousness
And a lot with humility

Amen

 

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Rev Alec Shuttleworth
Tulliallan and Kincardine Parish Church