Knowing the Times--March 11, 2015

[from March 30, 2011 archive]

The stork in the heavens knows its times;

and the turtle-dove, swallow, and crane

know the time of their coming; but

knowing the times is beyond us.

When Jesus taught in the temple,

he knew his hour had not yet come.

At the right time he died for the ungodly.

We only wait, hoping in your steadfast love.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51

Jer. 8:4-7, 18-9:6

Rom. 5:1-11

John 8:12-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 147:11

But the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him;
            in those who hope in his steadfast love.
           

Jer. 8:7

Even the stork in the heavens
            knows its times;
and the turtle-dove, swallow, and crane
            observe the time of their coming;
but my people do not know
            the ordinance of the LORD.

Rom. 5:6

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

John 8:20

[Jesus] spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.