Joseph's brothers
told him they were honest men;
he knew they knew,
they had not always been honest.
O God, make me honest
with myself and with you;
may your Spirit live
within me, that I may behold
your beauty and
inquire into your will for me.
Then let me sleep
while you scatter your seed;
and, in your own good
time, may your
seed sprout and grow
within me--
I am yours, not my
own.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Gen. 42:29-38
1 Cor. 6:12-20
Mark 4:21-34
Selected Verses
Ps. 27:4c
…to
behold the beauty of the LORD,
and to inquire in his temple.
and to inquire in his temple.
Gen. 42:30-31
"The
man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on
the land. But we said to him, 'We are
honest men, we are not spies. …'" [Jacob's sons reporting to him on their visit
to Egypt]
1 Cor. 6:19
Or
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which
you have from God, and that you are not your own?
Mark 4:26-27
[Jesus]
also said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the
ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and
grow, he does not know how. …"
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