[Adapted from May 16, 2004
archive]
God of steadfast love, Father of Lights,
with whom there is no variation
or shadow due to change,
you have remembered us in our low estate;
let us remember your generous acts of
giving.
And grant us patience in fallow time to
wait for you
to feed us, rather than aiming to fill
our barns to overflowing,
for though the day will come when you
will demand our very life,
every perfect gift comes from you, whose
steadfast love endures forever.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150;
136; 117
Lev. 25:1-17
James 1:2-8,
16-18
Luke 12:13-21
Selected Verses
Ps.
136:23
It is he who remembered us in our
low estate,
for
his steadfast love endures forever…
Lev.
25:5
You shall not reap the aftergrowth
of your harvest or gather the grapes of your unpruned vine: it shall be a year
of complete rest for the land.
James
1:17
Every generous act of giving, with
every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with
whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Luke
12:20
“…But God said to [the rich man],
‘You fool! This very night your life is
being demanded of you. And the things
you have prepared, whose will they be?’
… ” [Jesus to the crowd on the mountain]
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