It’s been almost a month since I’ve opened my Sacred
Ordinary Days journal, and that’s not OK.
It’s not OK, at all. It’s not
that I haven’t read or even studied Scripture during that time. It’s certainly not that I haven’t prayed. But I haven’t had silence or solitude or
rest. My rhythms have been off, and this
contributes greatly to me not fully being the person I should be.
So I finally sat down and cracked the book. Well, there’s nothing like easing your way back in with Lamentations… Really, friends, I can’t even go there…
And yet, just about every passage resonated
deeply. I think this is precisely why:
Psalm
118:8-9, “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in
humans. It is better to take refuge
in the Lord…”
(NIV).
It goes on.
It is better. It is better than…
anything… It is always better.
And so I am starkly reminded how important it is to
regularly take refuge in God, because people (as much as I love them and as
important as they are) will come and go, will impress and disappoint, will have
highs and lows just like I do. But God
is steady.
L.
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