You have established
the bounds
of the sun and the
moon--
all the celestial
bodies
and earthly ones.
How catastrophic
it would be if the
sky
were to vanish like a
scroll
rolling itself up, or
if mountains
and islands moved to
other places!
God, we take comfort
in boundaries--
walls, gates,
property lines--all of these
make us secure. Sad to say, weeds fail
to recognize borders
or boundaries;
weeds are invasive,
like sin.
Dear God, protect us;
save us from sin.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40
Neh. 2:1-20
Rev. 6:12-7:4
Matt. 13:24-30
Selected Verses
Ps. 148:6
[The
LORD] established [the celestial bodies] forever and ever;
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
Neh. 2:13
I
went out by night by the Valley Gate past the Dragon’s Spring and to the Dung
Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and its
gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Rev. 6:14
The
sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was
removed from its place.
Matt. 13:26
"…So
when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. …"
[Jesus to his disciples]
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