We Are What You Have Made Us, O God--May 30, 2014

We are what you have made us, O God,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,

good works which you prepared

beforehand to be our way of life.

We know that does not mean that our lives

will be trouble free.  The rain will fall, the

floods will come, and the winds;

but we will look to you, our Rock.

In you our heart exults, our strength is exalted.

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;

let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

let the field exult, everything in it.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138

1 Sam. 2:1-10

Eph. 2:1-10

Matt. 7:22-27

Selected Verses

Ps. 96:11-12a

 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
            let the sea roar, and all that fills it; 

            let the field exult, and everything in it. 

1 Sam. 2:1a

Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in my God.  …"

Eph. 2:10

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

Matt. 7:25

"…The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.  …"  [Jesus to the crowd on the mountain]