Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 2 Samuel 7:1-17 (NRSV)
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Devotion
“Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we might be saved” (Psalm 80:3). The days are growing ever shorter. One can understand people’s fear before science assured them of seasonal cycles. They feared that angry gods were keeping the sun from them and that they would die. Even in our enlightened world we grow fearful when life-giving light seems in short supply. We have the urge to pull the covers over our heads and hibernate until spring. We need to be restored and awakened.
Prayer
O come, O come, Emmanuel. Amen.