On Our Way to Egypt, Go with Us--March 27, 2014

 Go with us, God, on our way to Egypt--go with us;

and when the time comes, bring us up again.

If you go with us, we will wait for you;

for you will make us strong

and give us a heart

of courage.

When we

have no leisure,

when we have plowed

and threshed without reward,

until all our hope has flown away,

then God lead us to some deserted place,

where we may rest a while in you and pray.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102

Gen. 46:1-7, 28-34

1 Cor. 9:1-15

Mark 6:30-46

Selected Verses

Ps. 27:14

Wait for the LORD;
          be strong, and let your heart take courage;
          wait for the LORD!

Gen. 46:4

"…I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again; and Joseph's own hand shall close your eyes."  [God to Jacob in Beer-sheba, on his way to join Joseph in Egypt]

1 Cor. 9:10b

It was indeed written for our sake, for whoever plows should plow in hope and whoever threshes should thresh in hope of a share in the crop.

Mark 6:31

[Jesus] said to [his apostles], "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while."  For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.