[From June 28, 2013
archive]
The temper of a horse or mule
must be curbed with bit and bridle;
donkeys stray, young men lose their way,
and hotheads quarrel, even with their
kinfolk.
Satan has sifted us all like wheat, and
our
own faith has failed; but, Lord Jesus,
turn us back to strengthen our
brothers and our sisters.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 130; 148;
32; 139
1 Sam. 9:1-14
Acts 7:17-29
Luke 22:31-38
Selected Verses
Ps. 32:9
Do not be like a
horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
2 Sam. 9:5
When they came
to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the boy who was with him, "Let us turn
back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and worry about us."
Acts 7:26
"…The next
day [Moses] came to some of [his kinfolk] as they were quarreling and tried to
reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong each other?'
…" [Stephen, speaking before the
high priest]
Luke 22:31-32
"Simon,
Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift
all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not
fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." [Jesus to Simon Peter]
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