Your Love, Forever--June 3, 2022

[From May 29, 2020 archive]

 

Your steadfast love endures forever, O God. 

You know what will happen in days to come;

you know, but we do not. 

 

We do know that days will come 

when we will mourn those taken away,

and that some day we will be taken,

while others mourn.

 

Show us, then, how to live wisely, 

making the most of our time, 

trusting you not to forsake

the work of your hands,

 

trusting in Christ 

that you will fulfill 

your purpose for us,

and that your love

endures forever.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 96; 148; 49; 138

Jer. 31:27-34

Eph. 5:1-32

Matt. 9:9-17

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 138:8

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
          your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.
          Do not forsake the work of your hands.

 

Jer. 31:31

The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

 

Eph. 5:15-16

Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

 

Matt. 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they?  The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.  …”