Monday: Psalm 22:1-15
Tuesday: Psalm 22:16-31
Wednesday: Job 23:1-7
Thursday: Job 23:8-17
Friday: Mark 10:1-16
Saturday: Mark 10:17-31
Sunday:  Hebrews 4:12-16

Our texts this week begin in despair – Job wondering where God is in his suffering, and the psalmist lamenting God’s apparent desertion of his cause. There is something of faith, though, that even in the lowest moments, we can cry out to the God who welcomes even our accusations. The rich man wants to receive eternal life and has focused his efforts on that; Jesus asks one more hard thing, which astounds the observers. Yet, we are heartened with the assurance that, with God, nothing is impossible, and God’s word lays us bare with both judgment and mercy.