Read Psalms 97-99
I find the metaphors of the Psalms
so powerful and profound. Psalm 97
invites us to pay attention to creation.
How does what you observe when you step out your door impact and
influence your life? Psalm 98 reminds us that new songs are being
created by the Composer and Conductor of life.
Psalm 98 draws our attention to the metaphor of the seas roaring (which
in previous Psalms points to the chaos of life), and now the crashing waves of
creation help us find new words for a song.
Today, I invite you to pay attention to one part of creation and try
to find one new song. Don’t feel
like you must discover some new galaxy or go to the depths of the sea in search
of a new creature. You could notice a
different shade of green on a leaf or a blooming plant. You could open YouTube and search if an
artist you like has released a new song.
Or you could go to Amanda Udis-Kessler’s website, queersacredmusic.com,
and listen to one of the hymns she wrote in preparation for this coming weekend. This prayer practice reminds us that God
is not finished. Even though we
often think we know the end of the story, where the plotline of the play of
life is going right now, we don’t. There
is mystery and movement of the Divine guiding and grounding us in ways we did
not see coming. There are twists and
turns, vistas and valleys, good and bad and ugly, and experiences/encounters we
cannot classify or compartmentalize today.
The Psalmist’s wisdom is that there is variety in life that we can never
exhaust or fully explore. And yet, we do
experience so much more than we could ever fully process. So today let the invitation of the Psalmist
move you to experience something new ~ a song or Creation’s glory on display or
an openness to the ongoing, unfolding work of God in these days. Amen.
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