What I Hope for, What I Know--July 7, 2018

O Holy One,

as I look for you,

my eye is not clear,

but I hope for what

I do not see.

I know

that you are God,

that you have made us,

and that we are yours--

your people, the sheep

of your pasture.

And I know

we must love you

with all our heart,

with all our soul,

 with all our mind.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Num. 24:12-25

Rom. 8:18-25

Matt. 22:23-40

Selected Verses

Ps. 100:3

Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Num. 24:15-16

So [Balaam] uttered his oracle, saying: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is clear, the oracle of one who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, but with his eyes uncovered…"

Rom. 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Matt. 22:37

[Jesus] said to [the one who asked him what was the greatest commandment], "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' …"