"Let them know that you, whose name is I AM--- you alone are the Most High over all the earth." Psalm 83:18 Reflection: There was a shift for me today while praying. Usually I think of my morning practice of contemplative, silent prayer as sitting in God's loving presence. I'm here and God is there, and we are sitting silently (when my thoughts calm down) in each other's … [Read more...] about Psalm 83 (Psalms on the Trail)
Archives for March 2016
Psalm 82 (Psalms on the Trail)
(Tiny wood sorrel in the spring) "How long will you judge unjustly, and show favor to the wicked? Save the weak and the orphan; defend the humble and needy. Rescue the weak and poor." Psalm 82:2-4a According to the psalmist, this is the question and command that God asks of us. It has been a hard lesson over the past year or two to learn that I can't assume that this … [Read more...] about Psalm 82 (Psalms on the Trail)
Psalm 81 (Psalms on the Trail)
"Sing with joy to God our strength and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Raise a song and sound of the timbrel, the merry harp and the lyre. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, even at the time appointed, on our solemn feast day; for this is a statute for Israel, a law of the God of Jacob." Psalm 81: 1-4 What a delightful law of God---to bring out all our … [Read more...] about Psalm 81 (Psalms on the Trail)
Psalm 80 (Psalms on the Trail)
"Restore us, O God; let your face shine upon us, and we shall be saved." Psalm 80:3 Reflection: It may seem strange to turn to this psalm on the day after Easter. Yes, I know, it was the next one on the list. But it sounds penitential and pleading to me, like it is unfinished "Lent" business--- not the joyful "Christ is risen" cries we heard yesterday. On the other hand, … [Read more...] about Psalm 80 (Psalms on the Trail)
Christ is Risen (Psalms on the Trail)
Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; loves lives again, that with the dead has been; love is come again like wheat arising green. In the grave they laid him, love by hatred slain, thinking that he would never wake again, laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen; love is come again like wheat arising … [Read more...] about Christ is Risen (Psalms on the Trail)