I’ve started noticing every little cough and questioning every tinge of a headache. It’s a normal time of year for me to have symptoms like that, what with pollen lying around on the ground like sand and no rain for weeks. Still, I’m noticing it a lot more. I’m praying a lot more too. I wish I was normally this conversant with God. But my powerlessness in so many areas is very obvious to me these days. There are lots of things I can’t solve by working harder or having a better idea. So I ask the God of creation and life to step in. I hope confusion or fear or joy or boredom nudge you toward the God some today. Here’s a psalm that’s been popping into my head some. A favorite line for me over the years has been “NO one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame…”
In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
I trust in you, do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
