We Who Say There Is No One Else--Nov. 5, 2014

Lord God, the Almighty,

your judgments are true and just.

Let your steadfast love be upon us,

even as we hope in you.

Forgive us, we who are bent over,

exultant that we live secure, who

say to ourselves, "We are,

and there is no one else."

Lay your hands upon us,

heal us of our self absorption,

that we may stand up straight

and begin praising you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33

Zeph. 2:1-15

Rev. 16:1-11

Luke 13:10-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 33:22

Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
          even as we hope in you.

Zeph. 2:15a

Is this the exultant city
     that lived secure,
that said to itself,
     "I am, and there is no one else"? 

Rev. 16:7

And I heard the altar respond, "Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just!"

Luke 13:13

When [Jesus] laid his hands on [the woman who had been bent over 18 years], immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.