Jeremiah 7:1-15
Psalms 77, 79, 80
Romans 4:1-12
John 7:14-36
“…make your
face to shine upon us that we may be saved.”
- Psalm 77
The
psalmist’s cry in the midst of his frustration and despair, the chorus of the psalm,
is that the Lord God would shine His face upon the people in order that they
might be delivered and restored from their troubles. The image that is written on my heart when I
hear this refrain is one of an adoring father looking lovingly at his young
child. He is filled with so much love
and joy that his face shines, and, in return, the child’s face shines, too.
The
psalmist does not come to God with a list of requests, as I so often do. He does not ask God for this or that. The psalmist reminds us that all we truly
need is to look to the face of our adoring Father.
“The Lord
bless you, and keep you:
The Lord make
his face to shine upon you,
and be
gracious unto you:
The Lord lift
up his countenance upon you,
and give you
peace.”
Laura Nachtigall
Faculty, Holy Spirit
Episcopal School