As Silver Is Tested--May 31, 2022

[From May 22, 2012 archive]

 

Dear God, you do not see as we see

(we who see outward appearance)

for you see what is in the heart.

 

When you look on our hearts—

though we have little faith—

 

may you find Christ there

and find us rooted and

grounded in love.

 

If we are tested

as silver is tested,

may our faith be enough.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116

1 Sam. 16:1-13a

Eph. 3:14-21

Matt. 8:18-27

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 66:10

 For you, O God, have tested us; 
          you have tried us as silver is tried.

 

1 Sam. 16:7

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected [Eliab]; for the LORD does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

 

Eph. 3:17

…and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

 

Matt. 8:18-27

And [Jesus] said to [his disciples], “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?”  Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm.