Don't expect us to be righteous, God;
no one is righteous in your sight. …
Don't call us to confront Pharaoh;
what influence would we have? …
Well, yes, we could try to heal the boy;
but like the disciples, we would fail. …
Yet love believes all things and hopes all things;
love endures all things--even pain of failure.
Fill us with more of your love
and end our whimpering.
no one is righteous in your sight. …
Don't call us to confront Pharaoh;
what influence would we have? …
Well, yes, we could try to heal the boy;
but like the disciples, we would fail. …
Yet love believes all things and hopes all things;
love endures all things--even pain of failure.
Fill us with more of your love
and end our whimpering.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Exod. 2:23-3:15
1 Cor. 13:1-13
Mark 9:14-29
Selected Verses
Ps. 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
Exod. 2:11
But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
1 Cor. 13:7
[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Mark 9:17-18
Someone from the crowd answered [Jesus], "Teacher, I brought you my son; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so."
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