Contemplative Bible Reading

Proverbs 24:11-12  (New Living Translation)

11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die;
save them as they stagger to their death.
12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.”
For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.
He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve.

Gee God, I didn’t know such horrible things were happening in my community.

Sorry. Not an excuse, and not even a good excuse. God knows that we knew. God knows that we turned away from those who needed our love and time and resources.

There are horrible things happening in my community. The same is true for your community. We live on planet earth with sin all around us. Sin brings all those horrible things. We all know this.

Okay, time to stop pretending and start acting like we truly follow after the Messiah. God, please help me.