Daily Office Readings for the Friday after Ash Wednesday: Year 2
Morning, Psalms 95 and 31; Evening, Psalm 35;
Ezekiel 18:1 to 4 and 25 to 32; Philippians 4:1 to 9; John 17:9 to 19:
“Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.” (Psalm 95:1)
We Episcopalians use the first seven verses of Psalm 95 (The Venite) as an option for our Morning Prayer. It is a beautiful Psalm that reminds us of our loving relationship with God, our Creator.
As we approach the Seventh (Sabbath) Day of our week, let us find time to just stop and ponder about our personal relationship with God. How is God calling you out for the benefit of your community, or any community? We have a Bible full of God’s callings: God called Abraham away from his father’s house; God called Jacob to go back and face his brother; God called Moses to go back to Egypt; and on and on. And now you may notice your own burning bush. Is God saying your name twice for you to recognize the you are standing on Holy Ground?
This brings me to the last verse we use of Psalm 95. “For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!” (verse 7)
Will you hearken to His voice?
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done” (Genesis 2:1 and 2). So, for this evening and tomorrow day my friends, Shabbat Shalom.
What is Shabbat? Intro to the Jewish Sabbath – YouTube
Please keep up your thoughts and prayers and hopes for Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Palestine and our schools.
As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
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