Whom Do We Find in the Broken Hearted?--Dec. 27, 2016

You who delight in wisdom, surely

you rejoice when we are wise,

but you are near the broken hearted, too,  

and you save the crushed in spirit.

And this is wisdom--when we love and obey you,

then we also show love for the broken hearted,

and for the one who is crushed in spirit.

For is it not in the broken hearted

you send to us that we find Jesus?

And when we find him, we find you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 34; 146; 19; 121

Prov. 8:22-30

1 John 5:1-12

John 13:20-35

Selected Verses

Ps. 34:18

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted,
          and saves the crushed in spirit.

Prov. 8:29b-30

…when [the LORD] marked out the foundations of the earth,
          then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
          rejoicing before him always.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

John 13:20

Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”