God’s Good Pleasure
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. — Luk 12:32
What is to be gained under the sun?
I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun. — Eccl 2:11
In Praise of Importunity
Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. — Gen 18:27
The Good Portion
O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant. — Gen 18:3
The Very-Near Word of God
We give thanks to the Father [for you], who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light — Col 1:12
To the Lord of the Harvest
Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. — Gal 6:9
On the Journey
Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. — Luke 9:58
Pleas for Mercy
I will pour out ... a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that ... they [will] look on me, on him whom they have pierced. — Zech 12:10
The Song of the Unending Three
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come! — Revelation 4:8
Come Down, Love Divine
When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and so you renew the face of the earth — Psalm 104:30
His Present Absence …
The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. - 1Sam 12:22
Risen Christ, King of Creation
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. — Rev 22:3
The Festal Smoke yet Ascends
You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. — Lev 19:2
Good Shepherd, Questionable Sheep
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. — Ps 100:2
153 Large Fish
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. — Jer 32:40
My Lord and my God!
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. — Job 42:5
Let God Arise!
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. ~~ Isa. 51:9
Sunday of Songs, Sunday of Sorrows
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, rebuke your disciples.’ He answered, ‘I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out. ~~ Luke 19:39-40
Towards the Passion
The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. — Luke 20:19
The Indefatigable Nearness of God
The Lord is near to those who are brokenhearted and will save those who are crushed in spirit. — Psalm 34:18