From the River of Your Delights--May 31, 2018

O Divine Maker of us all:

rich and poor, young and old, wise and foolish--

all may take refuge in the shadow of your wings

and may feast on the abundance of your house

and may drink from the river of your delights.

Everything you created, O God, is good,

but must be received with thanksgiving.

If not grateful, we are like weeds

growing in the field of wheat.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27

Prov. 21:30-22:6

1 Tim. 4:1-16

Matt. 13:24-30

Selected Verses

Ps. 36:7-8

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
          All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
          and you give them drink from the river of your delights. 

Prov. 22:2

The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.

1 Tim. 4:4

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving…

Matt. 13:27

"…And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?  Where, then, did these weeds come from?’  …"  [Jesus, telling the parable of the wheat and the tares]