[From May 31, 2008 archive]
It is not good to eat
much honey,
or to seek honor on top
of honor.
If we must seek
honor, let it be to
shine like the sun in
your kingdom.
Your precepts teach
us what to seek;
help us perform them
with faithfulness.
May we pursue
righteousness, godliness,
faith, love,
endurance, and gentleness.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Prov. 25:15-28
1 Tim. 6:6-21
Matt. 13:36-43
Selected Verses
Ps. 111:8
[His precepts] are established forever and ever,
to be
performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
Prov. 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey,
or to seek
honor on top of honor.
1 Tim. 6:11
But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
Matt. 13:43
“…Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom
of their Father. Let anyone with ears
listen.” [Jesus to his disciples]
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