An Old Person's Prayer--Dec. 8, 2018

Blessed be your glorious name, O God;

may your glory fill the earth forever.

Our beautiful belongings will perish,

and we who glory in them will perish,

along with every person and thing we love,

but there is no need to grieve, as do those who

have no hope.  Your glory will be like a canopy

over us--a refuge and a shelter from the storm,

and we will be with Jesus and with you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72

Isa. 4:2-6

1 Thess. 4:13-18

Luke 21:5-19

Selected Verses

Ps. 72:18-19

 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
          who alone does wondrous things.
Blessed be his glorious name forever;
          may his glory fill the whole earth.  Amen and Amen.

Isa. 4:5b-6

Indeed over all the glory there will be a canopy.  It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

1 Thess. 4:13-14

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died

Luke 21:5-6

When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, [Jesus] said, "As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down."