Monday, September 11, 2017

September 11

Isaiah 8:1-9:21; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10; Psalm 55:1-23; Proverbs 23:4-5

Lord God,

Thank you for your Word.  Thank you for the timeliness it finds in our lives and for the work it does in our hearts.  You reveal yourself to us in these pages, and you demonstrate your faithful love for your people.  Thank you for the honesty of its writers and the truth of their words.

Thank you that today - especially today, as we remember - we do not need to fear what the people fear, but instead can revere you.  Thank you that you are and will always be a sanctuary for us (Is. 8:12-14).  Thank you that we do not need to fear our weaknesses, but can be secure in your strength (2 Cor. 12:9).  What we perceive as insufficient is proved to be enough because of your great love and mercy.  Though we experience grief and anger and betrayal (Ps. 55:2-5, 12-14), we can yet choose to bring our cares to you.  You will sustain us; you will not abandon us (vs. 22).  We trust in you (vs. 23).  Teach us to trust you to a greater degree every day, particularly with our futures and security.  Give us an understanding of the appropriate value of money (Pr. 23:4-5), and help us to live dependently on you.

You are a good, good God, and we are so grateful.

Here we are, we and the children the Lord has given us.  May we be signs and symbols from you (Is. 8:18), pointing the world toward you.  

Amen.

(P.S. - Did you hear Handel's "Messiah" during our Old Testament reading today?  Didn't it whet your appetite for more and for Christmas?)



- Sarah Marsh


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