I. Readings
Psalm 45, 96, 98
1 Kings 3:5-14
James 4:13-17; 5:7-11
John 5:1-15
II. Selections
Psalms 98:3
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?"
James 4:14
Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
John 5:7
The sick man answered [ Jesus], "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me."
III. Meditation: Our short life, your long memory
What is our life?
A mist that appears for a little while and vanishes.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
But we understand the problem of the lame man,
who had no one to put him into the pool
when the water roiled up.
People are always stepping in ahead of us
while we are making our way, too.
Therefore with Solomon we ask
for an understanding mind,
a mind able to discern between good and evil-
not to govern a nation,
just our own thoughts and actions.
No, we don't know what tomorrow will bring,
and we have forgotten most of yesterday;
but we know that you will remember
your steadfast love and faithfulness.
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