The Friend to Trust--Sept. 4, 2020

 

Happy are those who make their trust in you, O God.

Companions and friends are a great blessing,

but on occasion their words may hurt,

and at other times they leave us.

 

One thing we know,

that we can  trust in you;

we sing your praise, O God,

for you will always be with us.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 84; 148; 25; 40

Job 19:1-7, 14-27

Acts 13:13-25

John 9:18-41

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 40:3-4a

He put a new song in my mouth,
          a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
          and put their trust in the LORD.

Happy are those who make
          the LORD their trust…

 

Job 19:1-2

Then Job answered [his friends]: “How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words?”

 

Acts 13:13

Then Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia.  John, however, left them and returned to Jerusalem…

 

John 9:25

[The man who had been born blind] answered, “I do not know whether [his healer— Jesus] is a sinner.  One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”