First Sunday of Lent

Each year our Regional Youth Council (RYC) creates a devotion eBook for Lent and Advent. The adults that serve as sponsors for RYC work with a different group each year. The pandemic has been particularly hard for some of us to feel inspired or inspirational during these “holy” days of Christendom. Below is the devotion for the first Sunday of Lent from the self published ebook, Lent: a Daily Journey 2021.

I invited you to join our youth in this daily journey.

Psalm 25:1-10

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness’ sake, O Lord!

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore the Lord instructs sinners in the way. The Lord leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble the way. All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep covenant and the decrees.