Broken people
The 16th Sunday after Pentecost
O God, you welcome broken people -- those who know sorrow at the deepest level. ~ Psalm 51:17b (ABP)
Jesus says: “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I’m here inviting the sin-sick, not the spiritually-fit.” ~ Mark 2:17b (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Jesus is there for those who are truly hurting and broken -- even if their sorrow is a result of their own wrong-doing.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for welcoming broken people. I'm inclined to try and cover-up my brokenness -- to pretend that I'm spiritually healthy and okay. That's not helpful and it won't lead to healing. For you are there for those who need healing. Help me to admit my need so that you can do your doctoring work in my broken life. I'm going to become a whole and healthy person because of your hospitality. 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)
