Jesus, it is dark now,
and you have not yet come to me--
at least, I have not been aware of your presence.
Perhaps I should have spent more time
standing on the mountain,
waiting for you to pass by.
Perhaps I have paid too little attention
to the talk that proceeds from my mouth.
Keep me from saying ill words about others,
from gossip and nay-saying, belittling and berating.
Instead use my speech to give grace to those who hear.
Then, out of the dark, perhaps you will come.
and you have not yet come to me--
at least, I have not been aware of your presence.
Perhaps I should have spent more time
standing on the mountain,
waiting for you to pass by.
Perhaps I have paid too little attention
to the talk that proceeds from my mouth.
Keep me from saying ill words about others,
from gossip and nay-saying, belittling and berating.
Instead use my speech to give grace to those who hear.
Then, out of the dark, perhaps you will come.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 111; 146; 107; 15
1 Kings 19:9-18
Eph. 4:17-32
John 6:15-27
Selected Verses
Ps. 15:3
…who do not slander with their tongue,
and do no evil to their friends,
nor take up a reproach against their neighbors…
1 Kings 19:11a
[The LORD] said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by."
Eph. 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
John 6:17b
It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
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