God, you gave us our children,
but they are yours, not ours to keep.
Sometimes we must give them back to you--
a calamity for them and for us, or so it seems.
We ask you to save our children from calamity,
and very often you do, and we praise you.
Teach our children to walk in your truth;
we will find no greater joy than when they do.
And teach us all--teach young and old alike,
girls and boys, men and women together--
to praise your name, O God, alone exalted;
for your glory is above earth and heaven.
but they are yours, not ours to keep.
Sometimes we must give them back to you--
a calamity for them and for us, or so it seems.
We ask you to save our children from calamity,
and very often you do, and we praise you.
Teach our children to walk in your truth;
we will find no greater joy than when they do.
And teach us all--teach young and old alike,
girls and boys, men and women together--
to praise your name, O God, alone exalted;
for your glory is above earth and heaven.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 148; 89:1-18; 89:19-52
1 Kings 17:17-24
3 John 1-15
John 4:46-54
Selected Verses
Ps.148:12-13
Young men and women alike,
old and young together!
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for his name alone is exalted;
his glory is above earth and heaven.
1 Kings 17:20
[Elijah] cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?"
3 John 4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
John 4:49
The official said to [Jesus], "Sir, come down before my little boy dies."
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