Too often you are near
in my mouth
yet far from my heart, O
Christ.
I want to know you and
the power
of your resurrection,
but would this
mean becoming like you
in your death?
Your disciples did not
understand these things
at first--perhaps they
did not want to understand.
I could empathize with
them in that regard.
I pray that your
steadfast love will
become my comfort and
my motivation.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Jer. 11:18-20; 12:1-17
Phil. 3:1-14
John 12:9-19
Selected Verses
Ps. 119:76
Let your steadfast love become my comfort
according to your promise to your servant.
according to your promise to your servant.
Jer. 12:2
You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and bring forth fruit;
you are near in their mouths
yet far from their hearts.
they grow and bring forth fruit;
you are near in their mouths
yet far from their hearts.
Phil. 3:10
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and
the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death…
John 12:16
His disciples did not understand these things at first; but
when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been
written of him and had been done to him.
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