Lasting words
We humans are merely grass,
and we last no longer
than wild flowers... Flowers and grass fade away,
but what our God has said
will never change. ~ Isaiah 40:6, 8 (CEV)
The sky and the earth will not last forever, but my words will. ~ Mark 13:31 (CEV)
God, we are surrounded by an overwhelming amount of change. And often it feels like life is slipping away. But I am so grateful that your message to us does not change. Your promises and messages last forever. Help me to find comfort and confidence in that knowledge. I get easily discouraged because I over-think things. But you have said that you are trustworthy. So I am going to trust you -- even as I see people and things important to me slip away. Amen.
*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 -- 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)
