Waiting to Be with You—July 2, 2022

[From July 4, 2020 archive]

 

You are God, our Lord;

you made us, and we are yours—

your people, the sheep of your pasture.

 

Our place is with you, wherever we go, 

but we groan as we wait to be with you.

 

Help us practice the fruits of the Spirit 

while we wait for our redemption, 

and help us love you with our

heart, soul, and mind.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Numb. 24:12-25

Rom. 8:18-25

Matt. 22:23-40

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 100:3

Know that the LORD is God.
          It is he that made us, and we are his;
          we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

 

Num. 24:25

Then Balaam got up and went back to his place, and Balak also went his way.

 

Rom. 8:23

…and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

 

Matt. 22:35-37

…and one of [the Pharisees], a lawyer, asked [Jesus] a question to test him.  “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”  He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  …”