INsight
Maundy Thursday
People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. ~ 1 Samuel 16:7b (NLT)
Just then, the Master turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered what the Master had said to him: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and cried and cried and cried. ~ Luke 22:61-62 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
The Lord always seems to know what is going on inside us - - even more so than we know ourselves.
PRAYER:
Lord, your INsight is both scarey and reassuring. I know that I can count on you to judge me fairly. Yet that knowledge does little to change the way I live. Indeed, it is your kindness that seems to do that. In your kindness forgive me for trying to judge others with my limited information and perspective. Fill me with wisdom, kindness, and faithfulness so that I am not betraying you. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
