And He Suffered--Jan. 18, 2022

[From Jan. 19, 2016 archive]

 

You have sent light into the world, dear God, 

to teach us your way, to walk in your truth, 

that with undivided heart we may revere 

your name. 

 

You have sent light into the world, 

and he was your Son, and in 

obedience to you he 

suffered. 

 

Into the world you sent light, 

but the world wanted 

darkness, and he 

suffered. 

 

For this you did not destroy 

the world; in covenant 

love, you suffered 

too. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86

Gen. 9:1-17

Heb. 5:7-14

John 3:16-21

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 86:11 

Teach me your way, O LORD, 
          that I may walk in your truth; 
          give me an undivided heart to revere your name. 

Gen. 9:11 

“…I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”  [God to Noah and his sons] 

 

Heb. 5:8 

Although [Jesus] was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered… 

 

John 3:19 

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.