I. Readings
Psalms 72, 80, 90
Isaiah 33:17-22
Revelation 22:6-11, 18-20
Luke 1:57-66
II. Selections
Psalm 90:10-11
The days of our life are seventy years,
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span is only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our ruler,
the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Revelation 22:20
The one who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Luke 1:57
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
III. Meditation: The measure of life
You are our judge, our ruler, our king; the one who saves us.
In your eyes the worth of a life is not measured in years,
nor in freedom from toil and trouble.
Elizabeth gave birth to a son, who announced
the coming of one greater than he.
Elizabeth's son was imprisoned and executed;
the one he proclaimed, scourged and crucified.
Neither attained a span of seventy years-
perhaps half seventy.
Yet no other has given witness so auspicious as did the first.
And no other has been so important as is the second,
for it is in his life that our lives find their value.
Come, Lord Jesus, come!
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