Psalm 119:54: My Home
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Your precepts become my songs wherever I make my home.
We move to a new home, we change our telephone number . . . yet God is always with us.
Your decrees are the theme of my songs wherever I lodge.
We lose contact with long-ago companions, we form new social connections . . . yet God is always in our circle of friends.
Your statutes have been like songs to me wherever I have lived like a stranger.
We experience the loss of someone dear to us, death arrives too early or too late . . . yet God is constantly beside us.
Your laws have become like songs to me in this place where I am a foreigner.
We find ourselves in conflict with our colleagues, a familiar face in the workplace is suddenly gone . . . yet God shares our load of work each day.
Your statutes have been my songs of praise wherever I have lived as an immigrant.
We discover that our norms have become old-fashioned; our habits are the subject of ridicule . . . yet God walks with us as we find our new way.
Your laws have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
We realize that with every sudden change and with each new turmoil we have one place of comfort that will remain the same. We have one sure, steady hand. We have one eternal, constant heart . . . the heart of God who is faithful.
Your precepts become my songs wherever I make my home.
It is in the heart of God where we might best make our constant home.
Amen.
For a closer look at the Iris Nebula that is often called God’s Home, for more Hubble images, and to access a 30 second video that pans this nebula, go to: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0915b/
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