DAILY?READINGS: Deut. 23:9 to 24:22; Jonah 1-2; Luke 12:41-59
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. Psalm 102:7
The lonely sparrow keeps its vigil atop the storm-swept roof. Protection, companionship and hope are unknown as he keeps his watch and waits. Calvary’s solitary vigil, too, was kept. There was no need for its silent sufferer to watch. He had been forsaken! Without protection, companionship and hope, He died for you and me. With full hearts may our worship be sweet today. —Arnot P. McIntee
Alone, alone, He bore it all alone.
He gave Himself to save His own;
He suffered, bled and died,
Alone, alone. —Ben H. Price