[From Aug. 2, 2012 Archive]
O God, you know everyone's heart.
I am your servant, child of
your serving girl.
I would not have gone with
you if my mother
had not been with you
already, and her mother as well.
Thank you for women like the
ones who followed Jesus,
who provided for him, and who
stayed with him to the very end.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Judges 4:4-23
Acts 1:15-26
Matt. 27:55-66
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:16
O
LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.
I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.
Judges 4:8
Barak
said to [the prophetess Deborah], "If you will go with me, I will go; but
if you will not go with me, I will not go."
Acts 1:24a
Then
[the eleven apostles] prayed and said, "Lord, you know everyone's
heart. …"
Matt. 27:55
Many women
were also [at the crucifixion], looking on from a distance; they had followed
Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him.
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