Verse and Voice 01/06/2023

January 6, 2023

Verse of the day

Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”
Luke 19:8

Voice of the day

There can be no repair of relationship between the oppressed and oppression’s beneficiaries without the truth being told. Repair requires repentance. Repentance requires reparation.

Lisa Sharon Harper, “The Capitol Attack Held Up a Mirror to Our Nation”

Prayer of the day

God of reparations may this nation do more than repent for the harm it has caused; may it offer reparations to those whose dignity has been the most subjugated.