Jesus cares
I’ll advise you and keep my eye on you. ~ Psalm 32:8b (CEB)
Martha had a sister named Mary, who was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach. ~ Luke 10:39b (NCV)
Lord, you are close to those you care about. You allow them to sit at your feet. You teach them. You advise them. And you watch over them. I can't ask more than that of you. It is enough. It is all I need -- to be loved and cared for in this way by you. I love it that you pay attention to me. Now, I admit that even though you're giving me direction it sometimes goes in one ear and out the other. I'm going to work on paying better attention to you. Thank you for your patience with me. Amen.
Challenging Words
- goes in one ear and out the other -- idiomatic expression for failing to pay attention. Even though you hear what is being said, it does not register in your mind or your heart. You do not do anything about what you are hearing.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 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 — my own 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)
