Give Heed to My Sighing--March 11, 2020

Give ear to my words, O God;

give heed to my sighing.

I have heard your word,

but the cares of the world,

they and the lure of wealth,

and my desire for other things,

have come in, choked your word,

and it yields nothing.

“What have you done to me?”

I want to ask;

you answer, “What have you

done to yourself?”

Forgive me, Lord,

for my self-defeat,

and help me attend

to your word.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 147:1-11; 27; 51

Gen. 42:18-28

1 Cor. 5:9-6:11

Mark 4:1-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 5:1

 Give ear to my words, O LORD;
          give heed to my sighing.

Gen. 42:28b

At this [Joseph’s brothers] lost heart and turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

1 Cor. 6:7

In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you.  Why not rather be wronged?  Why not rather be defrauded? 

Mark 4:18-19

“…And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.  …”  [Jesus, to his disciples]