Week Wrap-Up

Consider this a bonus post.  Several readers have asked for a digital version of the devotional guide I wrote for use at UniPlace this Lent.  I don't really have one ... but I have an IPhone.  :-)

The photos inserted here will give you glimpses of the guide and the inserted text includes all the readings for this first (shortened) week.

Treasure God’s Covenant

Wed - Psalm 25:11-14

¹¹ For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.

¹² Who are they that fear the Lord? He will teach them the way that they should choose.

¹³ They will abide in prosperity, and their children shall possess the land.

¹⁴ The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

Thurs - Psalm 25:4-7

⁴Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.

⁵Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.

⁶Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

⁷Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness’ sake, O Lord!

Fri - Psalm 122:6

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

⁷Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers.”

Sat – O Love That Will Not Let Me Go Chalice Hymnal # 540

Vs 3  O Joy that seekest me through pain
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.

A Week of Questions: W-What do I treasure? What does prosperity look like to me? If the clue to what holds my heart is the place where my mind first wanders when it is at rest … where is my treasure? Th- Am I a friend of God who is teachable? Fri- How might I express my trust in the steadfast love of God who makes a covenant with me? Do I feel secure in God? Sat - What brings my tears? What brings me joy?

Abraham Joshua Heschel

The sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics. To us a single act of injustice--cheating in business, exploitation of the poor--is slight; to the prophets, a disaster. To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world .

Final Question of the Week:  As I seek to treasure God's covenant, am I as passionate as the prophets about God's call for justice and integrity, or have I become complacent about the daily delinquency of social dynamics?