DEVOTIONAL READINGS FROM REV. ANNE MCKEE
Monday: Genesis 17:1-8
Tuesday: Genesis 17:9-22
Wednesday: Psalm 22:1-21
Thursday: Psalm 22:22-31
Friday: Romans 4:13-25
Saturday: Mark 8:27-33
Sunday: Mark 8:34-38
As we travel deeper into Lent, the texts “up the ante” of seriousness and challenge. God’s covenant with Abraham offers everlasting promises and demands faithfulness. The Psalmist cries for healing and responds by praising God in the congregation. Peter recognizes Jesus as the messiah and then begins to understand the hard road ahead. How has this balance of gift and obligation come to you? What does it mean for our lives to belong wholly to the one who saves us?