Today’s Reflection
Hope and confidence nudge us to ask an urgent question: “How much do we really trust God?” . . . If we choose, today, we can put our dreams, relationships, jobs, prayers, and our very lives, underneath God’s more than capable care.
—Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes, Psalms for Black Lives: Reflections for the Work of Liberation (Upper Room Books, 2022)
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Today’s Question
How can we build our trust in God to intervene, both directly and through human action, to repair policy legacies of racial inequality and cultural patterns of anti-blackness? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
I wait for the Lord; my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
—Psalm 30:5–6 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
O God, hear our laments, our praises, and our questions. They come from our hearts, and we know that you tenderly care for each of them. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 12:1-9
- Psalm 50:7-15
- Romans 4:13-25
- Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
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