Ears and Eyes
On this day in 1415, Jan Hus was martyred in Constance.
God gave us ears and eyes!
Can’t he hear and see? ~ Psalm 94:9 (CEV)
The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right,
and his ears are open to their prayers. ~ 1 Peter 3:12 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
God is fully aware of everything that is going on, so it is worth talking to him.
PRAYER:
Thank you, Lord, for paying attention to us. We don't really deserve your attention but you love and care for us anyway. Help me to take your attention seriously and to more freely share what's on my mind. Yes, I know that you are already fully aware of what I'm thinking. But it's good for me that I turn to you. 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)
