Teach Me to Wait--Dec. 16, 2021

[From Dec. 15, 2011 archive]

 

Teach my soul to wait

 in silence for you,

for you alone.

 

When I have been foolish, 

and the door has closed

and I see no way out,

teach me to wait.

 

When I am full of bitter despair

because no one is worthy

to do the task ahead,

teach me to wait.

 

When I want to have my way

by power of persuasion

or by show of might,

teach me to wait.

 

O my God,

for your Spirit

teach me to wait.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 18:1-20; 147:12-20; 126; 62

Zech. 4:1-14

Rev. 4:9-5:5

Matt. 25:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 62:1

 For God alone my soul waits in silence; 
          from him comes my salvation.

 

Zech. 4:6

[The angel] said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.  …”

 

Rev. 5:4

And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

 

Matt. 25:10

“…And while [the foolish bridesmaids] went to buy [oil for their lamps], the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.  …”

[Jesus, to his disciples]