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“O That My Head Were A Spring Of Water, And My Eyes A Fountain Of Tears, So That I Might Weep Day And Night For The Slain Of My Poor People”
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Like Jeremiah, we weep and pray as we are surrounded by so
many people who are suffering, in our own lives and around our
country. We must learn to lament and allow constant prayer to
bring us closer to God.
Dear Lord, we pray for those who are suffering unjust
discrimination and persecution in our country and around the
world. Help us to be present in your Spirit to help those you
bring to us every day. Amen.
Monday 9.15 “So that I might weep day and night for the
slain of my poor people!”
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
“My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. Hark, the cry of
my poor people from far and wide in the land: ‘Is the Lord not in
Zion? Is her King not in her?’ (‘Why have they provoked me to
anger with their images, with their foreign idols?’) ‘The harvest is
past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.’ For the hurt of
my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of
- Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?…
O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of
tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor
people!” Jeremiah knew deep sadness and grief as he witnessed
the destruction of his land and people.
Tuesday 9.16 “Help us, O God of our salvation.”
Psalm 79:1-9
“O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have
defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They
have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for
food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them. We have become a taunt to
our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us. How
long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous wrath
burn like fire? Pour out your anger on the nations that do not
know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation. Do
not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; let your
compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very
low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.” As we are
surrounded by violence and destruction we must pray and trust in
salvation from our Lord.
Wednesday 9.17 “I urge that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and thanksgivings be made
for everyone.”
1 Timothy 2:1-7
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are
in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in
all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the
sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is
also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus,
himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all—this was
attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an
apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and truth.” Only by praying constantly may we
hope to live in peace and dignity in the midst of the difficulties and
chaos of our world.
Thursday 9.18 “What is this that I hear about you?”
Luke 16:1-13
“Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had
a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was
squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him,
“What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of
your management, because you cannot be my manager any
longer.” Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do, now
that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not
strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided
what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may
welcome me into their homes.’” This manager faced a difficult
situation and decided to make himself valuable to those who owed
his master.
Friday 9.19 “And his master commended the dishonest
manager because he had acted shrewdly.”
Luke 16:1-13
“‘So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the
first, “How much do you owe my master?” He answered, “A
hundred jugs of olive oil.” He said to him, “Take your bill, sit down
quickly, and make it fifty.” Then he asked another, “And how
much do you owe?” He replied, “A hundred containers of wheat.”
He said to him, “Take your bill and make it eighty.” And his
master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted
shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing
with their own generation than are the children of light.’” The rich
man recognized the shrewdness of this man, even if he was not a
good manager.
Saturday 9.20 “You cannot serve God and wealth.”
Luke 16:1-13
“‘And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest
wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the
eternal homes. Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in
much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in
much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest
wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have
not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you
what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave
will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the
one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.’”
Earthly wealth can never be compared with the richness of being
welcomed into the “eternal homes” of people we have helped in
this life.