When I Am Weary--Feb. 25, 2020

[From Feb. 16, 2010 archive]

My soul is cast down within me; I am weary, O God.

Nothing I tried today worked out.  I could not prevail.

But suddenly I realize I have been acting as if you are a

stranger to me, as if I do not know what you have done.

Have I forgotten, in my desert place, the mountains

and cool waters where I have found you in the past?

Teach me to remember my experience of you there;

and teach me to rejoice in you, even in the desert.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133

Prov. 30:1-4, 24-33

Phil. 3:1-11

John 18:28-38

Selected Verses

Ps. 42:6b-c

My soul is cast down within me;

            therefore I remember you

from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,

            from Mount Mizar.

Prov. 30:1b-c

Thus says the man: I am weary, O God,

            I am weary, O God.  How can I prevail?

Phil. 3:1a

Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord.

John 18:35

Pilate replied [to Jesus], “I am not a Jew, am I?  Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me.  What have you done?”