The Lover Gazes, Frets, and Weeps--June 14, 2019

The lover gazes through the lattice for his beloved,

longing for her;

Jesus comes near, sees Jerusalem, and weeps

over its future;

Paul frets about the church’s conduct,

to build it up.

Loving God, our Help and Deliverer,

how can we think you will forget

the poor and needy?

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40

Song Solom. 2:8-13; 4:1-4a, 5-7, 9-11

2 Cor. 12:11-21

Luke 19:41-48

Selected Verses

Ps. 40:17

As for me, I am poor and needy,
          but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
          do not delay, O my God.

Song Solom. 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle

            or a young stag.

Look, there he stands

            behind our wall,

gazing in at the windows,

            looking through the lattice.

2 Corinthians:12:19c-20

Everything we do, beloved, is for the sake of building you up.  For I fear that when I come, I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. 

Luke 19:41-42

As [Jesus] came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!  But now they are hidden from your eyes.  …”