God's presence and timing
Please don’t be far from me,
because trouble is near
and there’s no one to help. ~ Psalm 22:11 (CEB)
The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick. ~ John 11:3 (CEV)
KEY THOUGHT:
God will make his presence known at just the right time.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for sending your Son into the world at just the right time -- not a minute too soon or too late. I confess my anxiety over your timing. I need to learn patience from you so that I 'll be in the right spot at the right time to get on the plane with 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)
