O Jesus, you did not try to avoid criticism
by following the advice of the wicked
or taking the path that sinners tread;
your delight was in loving God.
When--to please the scoffers--
I am tempted to shade the truth,
point the finger, and sow discord,
remind me how much you endured
to show love that conquers the world.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 89:1-18;
147:1-11; 1; 33
Prov. 6:1-19
1 John 5:1-12
Matt. 11:16-24
Selected Verses
Ps. 1:1-2
Happy are
those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
or sit in the seat of scoffers;
who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
or sit in the seat of scoffers;
but their
delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law they meditate day and night.
and on his law they meditate day and night.
Prov. 6:12-14
A scoundrel and
a villain
goes
around with crooked speech,
winking the
eyes, shuffling the feet,
pointing
the fingers,
with perverted
mind devising evil,
continually
sowing discord…
1 John 5:3-4a
For the love of
God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for
whatever is born of God conquers the world.
Matt. 11:18-19
"…For John
came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon'; the Son of
Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a
friend of tax-collectors and sinners!' Yet
wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
[Jesus to the crowds]
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