Today's Meditation
Read Psalm 121
1I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?
2My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
4He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
8The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
Today I'm taking a departure from the offerings of the daily lectionary readings for today's meditation. This psalm sums up my need. My need (and perhaps yours to?) to turn to God for help and care. My heart is heavy from spending the past month or so, especially the past week hearing about so many people's struggles. They aren't overly unusual struggles. They are the kind that we live through every day - elderly parents declining in health and the ability to carry-on independently, the death of loved ones (both the aged and the young), people struggling with health issues such as Congestive Heart Failure, accidents, cancer, loss of jobs and the ability to pay bills. On top of that our current continued fear of a global pandemic and the ongoing fatigue our "new normal" presents. Today, I'm just weary. Weary of it all.
We lift our eyes up to the hills. Our help comes, not from within, but from The One who watches over us. It comes from The One who will not sleep, but will be our keeper.
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