Blemished, but Keep Me from Falling--Dec. 4, 2021

[From Dec. 7, 2019 archive]

 

Lord Jesus, I would like to stand before you

without blemish, rejoicing in the presence 

of your glory, to be glad all my days, 

but I will always be blemished.

 

Nevertheless, Jesus, keep me from falling;

satisfy me in the morning with your steadfast love,

and teach me to give to God the things that are God’s, 

and pray help me to work for righteousness and justice.

Lectionary Readings 

Ps. 90; 149; 80; 72

Amos 5:18-27

Jude 17-25

Matt. 22:15-22

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 90:14

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
          so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

 

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll down like waters,
        and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

 

Jude 24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing…

 

Matt. 22:21b

Then [Jesus] said to [his questioners], “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's.”