Psalm 37.....

This Week of Prayer, today being Epiphany (day of light), has kept me near the cross.

Today I read Psalm 37:1-9 which says in The Message:

" 1-2 Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.

3-4 Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God, get in on the best.

5-6 Open up before God, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.

7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.

8-9 Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store."

Lord God of heaven and earth, this Epiphany, this "Day of Light", keep my ways shining as brilliant rays of sun..........even as bright as a full moon on a dark night.

Amen.