17th SUNDAY after PENTECOST - 9-20-26 - Zion & Bethel Lutheran Churches, Lovettsville Va

Psalm 145:1-8  1 I will exalt you, my God and king,   and bless your name forever and ever.  2 Every day will I bless you   and praise your name forever and ever.  3 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!   There is no end to your greatness.  4 One generation shall praise your works to another   and shall declare your power.  5 I will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty   and all your marvelous works.  6 They shall tell of the might of your wondrous acts,   and I will recount your greatness.  7 They shall publish the remembrance of your great goodness;   they shall sing joyfully of your righteousness.  8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,   slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. God's World is nothing like ours! His includes excessive generosity, unconditional love, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, lifting up the lowly and bringing down the mighty, and welcoming all to his table! It is a world like no other, a world where hope, love and joy abound day in and day out! Yet it lives in the heart of every person, created in his image. This is our home, where our heart finds all for which it hungers. It takes on flesh and bone when we realize we are ALL brothers and sisters, we are ALL one big family! And when we live like GOD'S family, we bring a little more of heaven to earth with each gift of unconditional love we share! Let's love like we mean it ... for Christ's sake! Amen!