We Pour Out Our Hearts to You, O God--Aug. 16, 2018

Sometimes the news is so good,

we want to run and tell it to everyone.

Sometimes the ones we tell don't believe.

Sometimes we tell confidentially,

only to be betrayed.

But at all times we trust in you,

Gracious God.  You are our refuge;

to you, we pour out our hearts.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62

Judges 14:1-19

Acts 6:15-7:16

John 4:27-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people;
          pour out your heart before him;
          God is a refuge for us. Selah

Judges 14:17

[Samson's wife] wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and because she nagged him, on the seventh day he told her.  Then she explained the riddle to her people. 

Acts 7:1-2a

Then the high priest asked him, "Are these things so?"  And Stephen replied:

"Brothers and fathers, listen to me.  …"

John 4:28-29

Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city.  She said to the people, "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done!  He cannot be the Messiah, can he?"