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Sunday, September 16. 2018

From today's Lectionary


Psalm 116:1-9


116:1 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.


116:2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.


116:3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.


116:4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I pray, save my life!"


116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.


116:6 The LORD protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.


116:7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.


116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.


116:9 I walk before the LORD in the land of the living.


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Verse 5 paraphrases the words I often use to keep from becoming despondent when I make mistakes. If the perfect One can be forgiving and merciful, perhaps I can dust myself off and continue on, rejoicing that I do indeed, however imperfectly, "walk before the Lord in the land of the living." The Psalms are a comfort, an inspiration, and a guide for living--as well as being poetry that truly addresses the joys and travails of being human.
#1 SCReader on 2018-09-16 09:23 (Reply)

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