Psalm 30:1-3, 11-12
“On the third day he rose again.”
I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up,
and did not let my foes rejoice over me.
O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.
O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol,
restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,
so that my soul may praise you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
Psalm 30:1-3, 11-12
This psalm celebrates deliverance from Sheol (the realm of the dead) and the Pit (the grave). Imagine Jesus singing this psalm in the days after his resurrection. When has God turned your mourning into dancing? Use the following space to write a few lines from this psalm in your own words.
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ! You built your cross as a bridge over death, so that departed souls might pass from the realm of death to the realm of life. Glory to you! You put on the body of a mortal man and made it the source of life for all mortal human beings. You are alive! Your murderers handled your life like farmers: they sowed it like grain deep in the earth, for it to spring up and raise with itself a multitude! Raise us with you, we pray. Amen!