When Plans Fail--Sept. 22, 2016

We make our plans, little or big or grandiose,

and we act on them, expecting their fulfillment;

then oftentimes we learn that life has its surprises.

Like a kick in the stomach, the unexpected happens.

Even Jesus must have grieved the way he was rejected.

But let us in the morning hear your steadfast love

and put our trust in you.  We lift up our soul

to you.  Teach us the way we should go.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116

Esth. 7:1-10

Acts 19:11-20

Luke 4:14-30

           

Selected Verses

Ps. 143:8

 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
          for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
          for to you I lift up my soul.

Esth. 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. 

Acts 19:13, 15

Then some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims." …But the evil spirit said to them in reply, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?" 

Luke 4:24

And [Jesus] said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet's hometown.  …"