Just a reminder that if there are any particular questions or concerns you'd like me to touch on in the sermon on end of life matters, today or tomorrow would be great times to give me a call or an email. Of course, there will be other opportunities, I'm sure, but this is a good one. Today's passage is a Psalm traditionally credited to Moses. It's a reflection on the fragility of human life. Even though the days sometimes drag, our life passes quickly. In the rush and frustration of that, we put our trust in God, who is eternal. When we remember how short life is, we realize each moment, each opportunity to love and share and savor is precious.
God bless,
Sam
Psalm 90:1-17
Lord, you
have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the
mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
You turn us
back to dust, and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”
For a
thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past,
or like a
watch in the night.
You sweep
them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning;
in the
morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
For we are
consumed by your anger; by your wrath we are overwhelmed.
You have set
our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
For all our
days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh.
The days of
our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then
their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Who
considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is
due you.
So teach us
to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.
Turn, O Lord! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
Satisfy us
in the morning with your steadfast love,
so that we
may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Make us glad
as many days as you have afflicted us,
and as many
years as we have seen evil.
Let your
work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the
favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and prosper
for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands!
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