To Let My Light Shine--Sept. 4, 2016

Loving and merciful God,

you have searched me and known me;

you know how far I am from being righteous

or pure in your sight.  No one would ever

imagine that your and Jesus' names

are written on my forehead.

Nevertheless, I pray

that any light you

have put inside me

will shine before others,

and that they may see your

good works and give glory to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 103; 150; 117; 139

Job 25:1-6, 27:1-6

Rev. 14:1-7, 13

Matt. 5:13-20

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 139:1-2

O LORD, you have searched me and known me. 

 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
          you discern my thoughts from far away. 

Job 25:4

"…How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
            How can one born of woman be pure?  …"

[Bildad in response to Job]

Rev. 14:1

Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion!  And with him were one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 

Matt. 5:16

"…In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.  …"  [Jesus, sitting on the mountain, to his disciples and to the crowds]