Eastertide

May 10, 2023

Scripture Reading: Psalm 66:8-20

Bless our God, O peoples,
   let the sound of his praise be heard,
who has kept us among the living,
   and has not let our feet slip.
For you, O God, have tested us;
   you have tried us as silver is tried.
You brought us into the net;
   you laid burdens on our backs;
you let people ride over our heads;
   we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place. –Psalm 66:8-12

Being bounced between anxiety and depression, we citizens are certainly not the priority of our state and federal leadership. Divide and conquer politics is all they seem to care about.  Devastating storms and fires are symptoms of climate change that should be on our leader’s agenda, not making persons whose only income is Social Security wonder if those checks will arrive on time, if at all. We, indeed, are being tested and tired. Do our leaders live in the same world as we do?

God with us is our constant comfort as we face difficult times. God does go with us through fire and water. We can depend on it.

Prayer: God, open our leaders’ hearts and minds to the damage they do to the people they are supposed to serve.  Enable your advocates to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Amen.

All scriptures are quoted from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights are reserved.