A Prayer for Refugees--Oct. 31, 2015

Good Shepherd, we pray for refugees, who are given no rest,

those with a yoke on their necks, who are hard driven.

Wipe every tear from their eyes, and guide

them to springs of the water of life.

Plant in them the seed of your kingdom,

and then let that seed grow into a mighty tree.

Satisfy them in the morning with your steadfast love,

O Lord, so that they may rejoice and be glad all their days.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Lam. 5:1-22

Rev. 7:4-17

Matt. 13:31-35

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. 

                                                 

Lam. 5:5

With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven;
          we are weary, we are given no rest. 

Rev. 7:17

"…for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
          and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." 

[One of the elders, speaking about those who have come out of the great ordeal]

Matt. 13:31-32

[Jesus] put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."