[From May 22, 2007 archive]
Into the midst of wolves, you send us out
like lambs
and give us only hope—but a sure hope,
a steadfast anchor of the soul.
When anguish comes, we seek peace—perhaps
too late.
We wait too long to call upon your name,
and suffer anguish and distress.
So when at last the snares of death
encompass us,
and when the pangs of Sheol lay hold,
then
“O God,” we pray, “save our lives.”
We must not wait so long, must not forget
the hope,
the sure hope, steadfast anchor of the
soul,
that you have promised to us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 98; 146; 66;
116
Ezek. 7:10-15,
23b-27
Heb. 6:13-20
Luke 10:1-17
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:3-4
The snares of
death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on
the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I pray, save my life!”
Ezek. 7:25
When anguish
comes, they will seek peace,
but there shall be none.
Heb. 6:19a
We have this
hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul…
Luke 10:3
See, I am
sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.
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