Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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Waw
I lift up my hands to your commands . . .
The early representation of this letter is a character evoking the image of a human raising arms to the heavens.
God says: This is a most basic message in this Psalm of Lessons; yet you forget it so easily. When trouble arises, lift up your pleas to me. When joy overcomes you, lift up your hands to me. In every day in every way, rise up to include me in all you think and say and do. When you persist . . . you will not be disappointed.
Ancient pictographs show this letter as a tent peg with a branched top that prevents slippage of the rope securing a tent or shelter. When we raise up like these securing pegs to include God as part of all we think and say and do, we secure our own relationship with God.
I wait for you, O Lord; I lift up my soul to my God. In you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let me enemies gloat over me. (Psalm 25:1-2)
Today we reflect on the sixth lesson in Psalm 119. Tomorrow, Zayin.
To learn more about how the Hebrew letter Waw represents connection, click on the word or the image above, or go to: http://www.inner.org/hebleter/vav.htm or http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_waw.html
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Waw
I lift up my hands to your commands . . .
The early representation of this letter is a character evoking the image of a human raising arms to the heavens.
God says: This is a most basic message in this Psalm of Lessons; yet you forget it so easily. When trouble arises, lift up your pleas to me. When joy overcomes you, lift up your hands to me. In every day in every way, rise up to include me in all you think and say and do. When you persist . . . you will not be disappointed.
Ancient pictographs show this letter as a tent peg with a branched top that prevents slippage of the rope securing a tent or shelter. When we raise up like these securing pegs to include God as part of all we think and say and do, we secure our own relationship with God.
I wait for you, O Lord; I lift up my soul to my God. In you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let me enemies gloat over me. (Psalm 25:1-2)
Today we reflect on the sixth lesson in Psalm 119. Tomorrow, Zayin.
To learn more about how the Hebrew letter Waw represents connection, click on the word or the image above, or go to: http://www.inner.org/hebleter/vav.htm or http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_waw.html
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