When My Heart Becomes Proud--Oct. 15, 2020

[From Oct. 18, 2012 archive]

 

You feed me, O God; and I am satisfied,

and my heart becomes proud, and I forget you,

 

and deep in my heart, transgression speaks to me,

and there is no fear of you before my eyes.

 

No fear, until suddenly I am running into the rocks;

I let down my anchor; pray for day to come.

 

Then you remind me—to save my life

I must lose it, for your sake.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 36; 147:12-20; 80; 27

Hosea 13:4-8

Acts 27:27-44

Luke 9:18-27

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 36:1

 Transgression speaks to the wicked 
          deep in their hearts; 
 there is no fear of God 
          before their eyes.

 

Hosea 13:6

When I fed them, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was proud; therefore they forgot me.

 

Acts 27:29

Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.

 

Luke 9:24

“…For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.  …”  [Jesus to his disciples]