We have many plans
and expectations, O God,
but so often our
plans perish, our expectations
are disappointed.
Sometimes these are
selfish plans, sometimes
seemingly noble--but
either way, our plans,
not your plans.
Teach us to trust in
you, our help and our hope,
our Lord and our God, and in your will for us,
O God of Jacob.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 54; 146; 28; 99
Esth. 5:1-14
Acts 18:12-28
Luke 3:15-22
Selected Verses
Ps. 146:4-5
When [mortals'] breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.
on that very day their plans perish.
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God…
whose hope is in the LORD their God…
Esth. 5:11
…and Haman recounted to [his wife and friends] the splendor
of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king
had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the
ministers of the king.
Acts 18:20-21
When [the Jews in Ephesus] asked [Paul] to stay longer, he
declined; but on taking leave of them, he said, "I will return to
you, if God wills." Then he set
sail from Ephesus.
Luke 3:15-16a
As the people were filled with expectation, and all were
questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John
answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with water; but one who is
more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his
sandals. …"
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