[From Aug. 23, 2012 archive]
God, sometimes there's no one
else to do the teaching;
the job falls to me alone.
Sometimes I'm the only one
who can break bad news;
the burden's on my shoulders.
O God, there are dark nights
I feel as if it's been a day
when Christ has not yet come.
Remind me, your hand is on
the one at your right hand,
and he will strengthen me.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27
Job 1:1-22
Acts 8:26-40
John 6:16-27
Selected Verses
Ps. 80:17
But
let your hand be upon the one at your right hand,
the one whom you made strong for yourself.
the one whom you made strong for yourself.
Job 1:19
"…
and suddenly a great wind came across the desert, struck the four corners of
the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; I alone have
escaped to tell you." [The
messenger who came to tell Job all his children were killed]
Acts 8:30-31
So
Philip ran up to [the Ethiopian eunuch's chariot] and heard him reading the
prophet Isaiah. He asked, "Do you understand what you are
reading?" He replied, "How can
I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit
beside him.
John 6:16-17
When
evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started
across the sea to Capernaum. It was now
dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
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