You Swallow Up Death--Dec. 30, 2020

 

Lord God of Hosts, 

you have seen what we did,

you know what we are doing now,

and you see the potential for our future.

 

If you condemn what we have done,

still, you do not condemn us.

 

You wipe away our tears,

take away our disgrace, 

heal our broken hearts,

and bind up our wounds.

 

And you send us on our way

to serve you in a better future, 

for you swallow up death forever.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 93; 147:1-11; 89:1-18; 89:19-52

Isa. 25:1-9

Rev. 1:19-20

John 7:53-8:11

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 147:3

[The LORD] heals the brokenhearted,
          and binds up their wounds.

 

Isa. 25:8

           …[the LORD of hosts] will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces,
          and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
          for the LORD has spoken.

 

Rev. 1:19

Now write what you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this. 

 

John 8:10-11

Jesus straightened up and said to [the woman caught in adultery], “Woman, where are they?  Has no one condemned you?”  She said, “No one, sir.”  And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.  Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”