To Speak Truth to Lies--Nov. 1, 2018

Truth today seems like a pool

whose waters run away.

We cry, "Halt!  Halt!"

But no one listens.

Lies are like a river

that pours out the mouth

of a dragon, and the peoples

swallow and regurgitate them.

Gracious God, we are afflicted,

but help us keep our faith.

Fill us with Holy Spirit;

teach us how to

speak truth

to lies.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130

Nahum 1:15-2:12

Rev. 12:7-17

Luke 11:53-12:12

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:10-11

I kept my faith, even when I said,
          “I am greatly afflicted”; 
I said in my consternation,
          “Everyone is a liar.”

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool
     whose waters run away.
"Halt! Halt!" — 
     but no one turns back.  …"

Rev. 12:16

But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. 

Luke 12:11-12

"…When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say."  [Jesus, to his disciples]