Shem and Japheth covered the nakedness of their drunken father.
John was willing to decrease, that Jesus might increase.
To diminish oneself that others may grow,
to cover the shame of the helpless--
such acts receive your blessing.
You cover the heavens with clouds
and supply the rain that falls upon the soil,
but to produce a crop the soil must drink it up.
John was willing to decrease, that Jesus might increase.
To diminish oneself that others may grow,
to cover the shame of the helpless--
such acts receive your blessing.
You cover the heavens with clouds
and supply the rain that falls upon the soil,
but to produce a crop the soil must drink it up.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Gen. 9:18-29
Heb. 6:1-12
John 3:22-36
Selected Verses
Ps. 147:8
He covers the heavens with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
makes grass grow on the hills.
Gen. 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
Heb. 6:7
Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
John 3:30
"… [Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease." [John the Baptizer to his disciples]
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