Satisfy Us with Your Steadfast Love--June 13, 2015

When we are full of amorous love

 we think it is strong as death

and fierce as the grave;

but though we profess

to be certain  of this,

we seek assurances

and desire proof.

How much more

do we want evidence

of your authority over our life,

Jesus--but you seldom gave skeptics

comfort!  Be powerful in us, O Christ, and

satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Song of Sol. 5:10-16; 7:1-7a, 9; 8:6-7

2 Cor. 13:1-13

Luke 20:1-8

Selected Verses

Ps. 90:14

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
          so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Song of Sol. 8:6

Set me as a seal upon your heart,

            as a seal upon your arm;

for love is strong as death,

            passion fierce as the grave.

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

            a raging flame.

2 Cor. 13:3

…since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me.  He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you. 

Luke 20:7-8

So [the chief priest, scribes, and elders] answered that they did not know where [the baptism of John] came from.  Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."