A Door No One Can Shut--Jan. 11, 2013

 Exalted One, you know our works.

We have but little power, but you

have set before us an open door,

a door that no one is able to shut.

We sit in that door, sit still, listen,

and we know that you are God.

Even when it grows dark and you

have not come, we sit and listen--

 our former troubles are forgotten,

they are hidden from your sight.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 46; 148; 27; 93

Isa. 65:13-16

Rev. 3:7-13

John 6:15-27

Selected Verses

Ps. 46:10

 “Be still, and know that I am God!
          I am exalted among the nations,
          I am exalted in the earth.”

Isa. 65:16c

…because the former troubles are forgotten
            and are hidden from my sight.

Rev. 3:7-13

"…I know your works.  Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.  …"  [Words quoted from The Son of God to the angel of the church in Philadelphia]

John 6:17b

It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to [his disciples].