Read Psalms 28-30
Yesterday, I invited you to
select one verse from each of Psalms for the day. You are welcome to do that again. Or sometimes I love to write a prayer
inspired and infused by the Psalms we are reading. So here is a prayer based on Psalms 28-30:
Listening and Loving God, hear
the words that pour forth from my soul today.
I can feel tripped up and trapped by the bad news of today. I can feel powerless from those who bully
others, discriminate, and hate. The
world makes my stomach feel like I am on an endless rollercoaster. I confess, I want to serve up a dish of
revenge to some people. I want the evil
people to pay and feel hurt of others. I
want to believe God that You are on my side, rather than asking the
harder question, am I on Your side? Am I
following Your way?
So I look out and sense, like
Job, the wonders of creation. Trees
towering that have lived through hurricanes and droughts and beautiful days ~
just like the rings in my soul. I see
the clouds sailing past in creative shapes.
Grass that slowly stretches its arms and lizards basking in the sun and
birds soaring. What are humans, O God,
that we think we are the only ones who are “enlightened”? Help me be open to my human-size-ness amid
the order, disorder, reorder all at work today.
Thank you, God. Thank you for the grace that leads and a love
that heals and a presence that calls out.
Let praise be a prayer that pours forth from my lips not just today but
for each moment this day to come. Amen.
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