In the Shadow of Your Wings--Nov. 4, 2017

Lord Jesus, you have been our help;

in the shadow of your wings we sing for joy.

Your parables help us understand what is hidden;

you shepherd us to springs of the water of life;

you console us when our hearts are broken;

and when we have no time for rest,

we rest in you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 63; 149; 125; 90

Neh. 4:1-23

Rev. 7:4-17

Matt 13:31-35

Selected Verses

Ps. 63:7

…for you have been my help,
          and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. 

Neh. 4:23

So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me ever took off our clothes; each kept his weapon in his right hand.

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 to the writer]

Matt 13:34-35

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables; without a parable he told them nothing.  This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:
     "I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
          I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."