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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 2, Day 45

by David Joynt on July 21, 2020


PSALM 23:6a| 6a Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

 Recognizing our need for mercy is vital. It dictates our fundamental stance toward God and others. I am helpless and hopeless without God’s mercy. No other balm can heal my wounds, no other antidote can cure my disease, no other verdict can overturn my sentence. The Kyrie is a part of so many sacred liturgies: “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Our need for mercy is our basic reality. Recognizing this is also the way to receive it and then to share it. In a judging and judgmental world, you and I become vessels of mercy.

 Use the Kyrie as a prayer throughout this day.

 Name one area of your life in which you need God’s mercy.

Tags: mercy, kyrie

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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